Friday 10 August 2018

Another ground collision at Istanbul

A Royal Air Maroc Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, travelling from Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA) bound for Casablanca-Mohamed V Airport (CMN/GMMN), Morocco struck the tail section of a parked Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300 at Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport.
The Boeing 787-8 was being pushed back from gate 226 at 17:37 (local time) and subsequently started taxiing on taxiway Alpha towards the departure runway. The right hand wing tip of the aircraft impacted the underside of the tail section of the Turkish Boeing 777, which was was parked at gate 218, ripping away the APU covers. 
The Turkish Airlines flight had arrived from New York-JFK as flight TK12 and arrived at the gate at 17:18 hours.


Aircraft Information No 1
Airline: Royal Air Maroc
Code: AT / RAM
Aircraft Type: Boeing 787-8
Registration: CN-RGT
Serial Number: 35509
Engines: 2 GE NX -1B
First Flew: 12/7/2016
Age: 2 Years 1 Month


Aircraft Information No 2
Airline: THY Turkish Airlines
Code: TK / THY
Aircraft Type: Boeing 777-3F2
Registration: TC-JJZ
Serial Number: 44122
Engines: GE 90-115B1L
First Flew: 23/3/2015
Age: 3 Years 4 Months

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