ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207699
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| Date: | Thursday 15 March 2018 |
| Time: | c. 12:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A350-941 |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AUC |
| MSN: | 147 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) |
| Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET840, an Airbus A350-941, suffered minor damage after the right-hand winglet scraped the left-hand horizontal stabilizer of a Serve Air Boeing 727 (9S-AVN) at Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport, D.R. Congo.
The flight eventually departed with a delay of almost eight hours.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/et-auc
https://www.bea.aero/fileadmin/user_upload/ACCREP3UK.pdf
Media:
@AviationSafety After some delay Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350 now airborne after tail collision with another aircraft at Ndjili Airport Kinshasa https://t.co/NXsZcVlaUL pic.twitter.com/4sKvLCA6io
— Felix Sang (@Felix_KSang) March 15, 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2018 19:45 | harro | Added |
| 01-Jan-2022 10:51 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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