ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147571
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| Date: | Thursday 9 August 2012 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-2H6ER |
| Owner/operator: | Malaysia Airlines |
| Registration: | 9M-MRO |
| MSN: | 28420/404 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 263 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Shanghai-Pudong International Airport (PVG/ZSPD) -
 China
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Shanghai-Pudong International Airport (PVG/ZSPD) |
| Kuala Lumpur (WMKK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A taxiing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane (9M-MRO), flight MH389, contaced the elevator of a China Eastern Airlines A340 plane, flight MU583 B-6050, waiting on the taxiway at Pudong International Airport.No one was injured.
The tip of the wing of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was broken off and hung on the tail of the China Eastern Airbus 340-600, according to pictures posted by passengers on the Internet.
The very same plane went missing on March 8, 2014 while on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing,
Sources:
https://www.shine.cn/archive/nsp/Metro/2012/08/10/Widebody+passenger+planes+bump+at+Pudong+International/
https://web.archive.org/web/20140308210800/https://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2012/2012.semaine.32.pdf
March 2014 accident: http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20140308-0
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 March 2014 | 9M-MRO | Malaysia Airlines | 239 | within Indian Ocean |  |
dst |
| Missing | ||||||
Media:
#Malaysia Airlines missing plane was damaged in previous accident in August 2012. #MH370 pic.twitter.com/Ja8wBHvaNL
— MarySchiavo (@MarySchiavo) March 9, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2012 13:27 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Aug-2012 13:40 | vvvww | Updated [Cn] |
| 14-Aug-2012 12:21 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2014 19:38 | mcantsin | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2014 19:38 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2014 07:49 | Amrut | Updated [Embed code] |
| 09-Mar-2014 07:50 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 09-Mar-2014 10:17 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 09-Mar-2014 10:18 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 09-Mar-2014 15:00 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 17-Mar-2014 07:40 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 17-Mar-2014 07:41 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2015 20:02 | Alvin | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 28-Jul-2021 16:51 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 31-Jul-2021 17:19 | xrecovery9 | Updated [Narrative] |
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