ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319378
| Date: | Friday 2 August 2019 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner |
| Owner/operator: | Air Canada |
| Registration: | C-GHPU |
| MSN: | 35259/174 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Engine model: | General Electric GEnx-1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR) |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Airbus A340-300 aircraft (HB-JMF) operated by Edelweiss Air, conducted flight 11 from Zurich, Switzerland to Vancouver, Canada. Upon arrival at gate 64, the aircraft was marshalled into the gate area, signaled to stop and set the parking brake. The engines were shut down. The ground personnel connected a tug and were preparing to tow the aircraft to the final gate parking position. Meanwhile, C-GHPU, an Air Canada Boeing 787-8 aircraft operating flight AC566 from Vancouver to San Francisco, California, USA, was taxiing westbound on JA taxiway, abeam gate 64, when the left wing tip contacted the tail section of HB-JMF. There were no injuries.
Sources:
TSB A19P0116
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