Narrative:
Royal Air Maroc flight 911, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (CN-RGT), struck the tail section of a parked Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300 (TC-JJZ) at Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport, Turkey.
The Boeing 787-8 was pushed back from gate 226 at 17:37 and subsequently started taxiing on taxiway A towards the departure runway. The right hand wing tip of the aircraft impacted the underside of the tail section of the Boeing 777, ripping away the APU covers. The aircraft was parked at gate 218.
The Boeing 777 had arrived from New York-JFK as flight TK12 and arrived at the gate at 17:18 hours.
Damaged on the ground
» Similar accident at IST, May 13, 2018
accident date: 09-08-2018
type: Boeing 777-3F2ER
registration: TC-JJZ
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Thursday 9 August 2018 |
| Time: | 17:43 |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-3F2ER |
| Operator: | THY Turkish Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-JJZ |
| MSN: | 44122/1291 |
| First flight: | 2015-03-23 (3 years 5 months) |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric GE90-115B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST) ( Turkey)
|
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America |
| Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA), Turkey | |
| Flightnumber: | TK12 |
Royal Air Maroc flight 911, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (CN-RGT), struck the tail section of a parked Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300 (TC-JJZ) at Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport, Turkey.
The Boeing 787-8 was pushed back from gate 226 at 17:37 and subsequently started taxiing on taxiway A towards the departure runway. The right hand wing tip of the aircraft impacted the underside of the tail section of the Boeing 777, ripping away the APU covers. The aircraft was parked at gate 218.
The Boeing 777 had arrived from New York-JFK as flight TK12 and arrived at the gate at 17:18 hours.
Classification:
Ground collisionDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» airporthaber» Similar accident at IST, May 13, 2018
Photos
accident date: 09-08-2018
type: Boeing 777-3F2ER
registration: TC-JJZ
Video, social media
Atatürk Havalimani'nda korku dolu dakikalar! Çarpistilarhttps://t.co/tps62C4QB8 pic.twitter.com/fR14ERolpN
— Ihlas Haber Ajansi (@ihacomtr) August 9, 2018
Map
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Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport as the crow flies is 7997 km (4998 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport as the crow flies is 7997 km (4998 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
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