Narrative:
Engine number 4 touched a car during taxi and sustained minor damage. The car also sustained minor damage.
Cause (translated from German):
The incident occurred due to a continuation of the taxiing operation in spite of the doubt about the sufficient distance to an obstacle and in spite of the call by a crew member for stopping.
Damaged on the ground
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Friday 2 May 1997 |
| Time: | 08:55 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-357 |
| Operator: | Swissair |
| Registration: | HB-IGE |
| MSN: | 22995/585 |
| First flight: | 1983-09-22 (13 years 8 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4G2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) ( Switzerland)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
| Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH), Switzerland | |
| Flightnumber: | SR101 |
Engine number 4 touched a car during taxi and sustained minor damage. The car also sustained minor damage.
Probable Cause:
Cause (translated from German):
The incident occurred due to a continuation of the taxiing operation in spite of the doubt about the sufficient distance to an obstacle and in spite of the call by a crew member for stopping.
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Collision with airport equipmentDamaged on the ground
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Zürich-Kloten Airport as the crow flies is 6266 km (3916 miles).
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Zürich-Kloten Airport as the crow flies is 6266 km (3916 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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