ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238817
Last updated: 4 November 2020
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| Date: | 29-JUL-2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-3F2ER |
| Owner/operator: | Turkish Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-LJC |
| C/n / msn: | 44123/1337 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Lagos Murtala Mohammed International Airport -
 Nigeria
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
A Middle East Airlines Airbus A330-243 (OD-MEA) struck the APU of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300ER (TC-LJC) at Lagos Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Nigeria.
The Boeing 777 had arrived at Lagos at 14:22 UTC as flight TK6108 from Istanbul, Turkey. The A330 landed at 14:59 as flight ME571 from Beirut.
The B777 was parked the gate as the A330 was taxiing past. The left-hand winglet cut through the underside of the APU section of the B777.
Sources:
http://www.goklerdeyiz.net/thy-ucagina-ucak-carpti/
Media:
🇱🇧 MEA and 🇹🇷 Turkish airlines planes crashed in Lagos, Nigeria 🇳🇬 pic.twitter.com/hSsVtLLzhr
— INTELSky (@Intel_Sky) July 29, 2020
Images:
Photo of TC-LJC courtesy AirHistory.net
Amsterdam - Schiphol (EHAM / AMS)
28 June 2019; (c) Gert Jan Mentink
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2020 19:52 | Goklerdeyiz.net | Added |
| 29-Jul-2020 19:55 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 29-Jul-2020 19:59 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 29-Jul-2020 20:13 | harro | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
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