Accident description
Last updated: 23 June 2018
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Sunday 13 May 2018 |
| Time: | 17:46 |
| Type: |  Airbus A321-231 |
| Operator: | THY Turkish Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-JMM |
| C/n / msn: | 2916 |
| First flight: | 2006-10-20 (11 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 2 IAE V2533-A5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST) ( Turkey)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Ercan Airport (ECN/LCEN), Turkey |
| Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport (IST/LTBA), Turkey | |
| Flightnumber: | TK969 |
An Asiana Airlines Airbus A330-323 (HL7792) and a THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-231 (TC-JMM) suffered substantial damage in a ground contact accident at Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport, Turkey.
The Airbus A321 had arrived from Ercan as flight TK969 and turned towards the gate at Terminal A at 14:47 UTC. The aircraft stopped about 30 meters before the intended parking position at the gate.
At the same time the Airbus A330 had commenced taxiing along taxiway G to the runway. Flight OZ552 was returning to Seoul, South Korea. While taxiing past the A321, the right hand wing tip impacted the vertical stabilizer of TK969.
The A321's vertical stabilizer was knocked over entirely and the A330's wing tip sustained serious damage.
Classification:
Ground collisionPhotos
taxi route prior to the ground contact
Video, social media
Asiana's A330 hit Turkish Airlines A321's tail in Istanbul Ataturk Airport https://t.co/hnTu1VBx4p @avherald @AviationSafety @AsianaAirlines pic.twitter.com/E0OE0g7ZDY
— Kokpit.aero (@kokpitaero) May 13, 2018
Map
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Distance from Ercan Airport to Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport as the crow flies is 761 km (475 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from Ercan Airport to Istanbul-Atatürk International Airport as the crow flies is 761 km (475 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
