ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145443
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 04-MAY-2012 |
| Time: | 17:15 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-332 |
| Operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | N174DZ |
| C/n / msn: | 29693 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Minor |
| Location: | John F. Kennedy International Airport - KJFK, New York, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Pusback / towing |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | KJFK |
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
http://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/1845502/L/&sid=da7e95b404ade926beb58735550427b7
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2012 05:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-May-2012 04:05 | harro | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-May-2012 10:51 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2012 16:29 | Geno | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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