Incident Boeing 767-332 N198DN,
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Date:Friday 4 May 2012
Time:17:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic B763 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 767-332
Owner/operator:Delta Air Lines
Registration: N198DN
MSN: 28455/685
Year of manufacture:1998
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 204
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) -   United States of America
Phase: Pushback / towing
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK)
Destination airport:Istanbul
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The FAA is investigating an incident in which two Delta 767's, in motion at the terminal area of John F. Kennedy International Airport - KJFK, NY, clipped wings.
The incident happened on Friday evening 4 May 2012 around 5:15 p.m. One plane with a crew of two, a Boeing 767-332, N174DZ, was being repositioned at the airport. Its wingtip clipped the tail section of Flight 72 backing out of the gate that was en route to Istanbul.
There were 193 passengers and 11 crew members onboard Delta flight 72 to Istanbul, a Boeing 767-332, N198DN. The vertical stabilizer was damaged.

There were no injuries.

Sources:

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=8649318&rss=rss-wabc-article-8649318
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/15_174DZ.txt
http://www.jacdec.de/news/news.htm

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Delta-Air-Lines/Boeing-767-332-ER/1906183/L?sid=35b03f338ef5ae93e57d91c6946677bf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-May-2012 05:32 gerard57 Added
07-May-2012 03:15 FlightSafe Updated [Operator]
08-May-2012 16:25 Geno Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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