ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224818
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| Date: | Monday 6 May 2019 |
| Time: | 15:10 |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-369ER |
| Owner/operator: | Kuwait Airways |
| Registration: | 9K-AOH |
| MSN: | 62565/1475 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK) -
 Kuwait
|
| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A technical staff member was killed during a towing accident at the company's base airport on May 6, the airline said sharing details on Twitter. And there also also other sources with the tragical news.
He was towing a Boeing 777-369ER from the parking area to Terminal 4 of Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK). The towbar broke and due to a slope on the taxiway the nose wheels of the aircraft rolled over the tractor and the driver.
No crew members or passengers were on board the aircraft when the incident happened.
Sources:
http://newsinflight.com/2019/05/07/a-technician-died-while-towing-a-boeing-777-at-kuwait-airport/
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/region/kuwait/gulf-airline-worker-dies-in-freak-boeing-777-accident
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ground-worker-killed-in-kuwait-777-towing-accident-457957/
https://twitter.com/KuwaitAirways/status/1125438356907790336
https://www.facebook.com/Aeronews.ro/posts/2208725425870212
Media:
Kuwait Airways announced that ground technician was killed when he was towing a Boeing Boeing 777-300ER at Kuwait Airport.
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) 7 mai 2019
The Aircraft was being towed from a parking area to Terminal 4 at Kuwait airport on Monday 6 May 2019 at 3:10 pmhttps://t.co/MGp9VOo5DP pic.twitter.com/QIGt33Sy2W
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2019 10:53 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 07-May-2019 11:12 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2019 17:09 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-May-2019 19:49 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative] |
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