ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138582
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| Date: | 17-SEP-2011 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-883(WL) |
| Operator: | SAS - Scandinavian Airlines |
| Registration: | LN-RRH |
| C/n / msn: | 34546/2898 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 181 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Palma de Mallorca Airport - PMI/LEPA -
 Spain
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | International Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Palma de Mallorca Airport - PMI/LEPA |
| Stockholm Arlanda Airport - ARN/ESSA |
A Stockholm bound SAS plane (7+174 occupants)(SK7874) leaving its' gate at Palma airport in Mallorca, hit an Orbest Orizonia Airlines (formerly Iberworld Airlines) Airbus A320-plane EC-LAJ. The winglet of the SAS plane hit the tailcone on the other plane. The Planes were separated after 30 minutes by a tractor. Dagens Nyheter newspaper reports that the 181 passengers on board are still stuck in Mallorca. "It was really unpleasant," one passenger told DN.
The Boeing 737 had just left the terminal gate at 1pm on Saturday to approach the runway when one of its wings hit the tail of the Orbest Orizonia Airlines plane. Witness describes it as "the tail fell off". The newspaper reports that both planes had to be separated by a tractor.
SAS head of infórmation Johan Direndahl confirmes the accident bud describes it as "one wing of the SAS touches the tail cone of the other plane. An investigation has started, technichian and possibly the aircraft manufacturer will be contacted".
Narrative from fomento.gob.es.
The aircraft Airbus A-320 registration EC-LAJ was detained at the holding point of the taxiway H-2 waiting permission to enter the runway 24R, to start a flight from Cork Airport (Ireland) .
Meanwhile, the Boeing B-737-800 registration LN-RRH was rolling down the taxiway North, which is parallel to the runway 06L-24R, street towards H-1. Across the road H-2, the end of the left wing of the Boeing 737-800, LN-RRH, crashed into the back of the Airbus A-320, EC-LAJ, resulting in minor damage to both aircraft
Sources:
1. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=470188
2. http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/sas-plan-i-olycka-pa-mallorca
http://data.flight24.com/airplanes/ec-llx/
3. Fomento.gob.es
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Sep-2011 04:45 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Sep-2011 04:46 | gerard57 | Updated [Time] |
| 18-Sep-2011 06:15 | Masen63 | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2011 13:00 | whiteshark | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2011 15:33 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2011 15:47 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2011 23:59 | whiteshark | Updated [Time, Nature, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2011 03:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2011 05:54 | whiteshark | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2011 11:34 | whiteshark | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Sep-2012 13:56 | 83.172.105.53 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2013 11:31 | whiteshark | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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