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| Date: | Tuesday 3 January 2017 |
| Time: | 17:51 |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-240LR |
| Owner/operator: | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA |
| Registration: | AP-BGY |
| MSN: | 33781/504 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Engine model: | General Electric GE90 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Toronto–Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Ontario (YYZ) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lahore-Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE/OPLA) |
| Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pakistan International Airlines flight PK789, a Boeing 777-200LR (AP-BGY), contacted a parked Air France Boeing 777-200ER (F-GSPP) while taxiing to Gate C33 at Toronto International Airport in Canada.
The aircraft's right hand wing tip scraped the wing tip of the Air France aircraft, causing minor damage. Flight PK789 had just arrived after a flight from Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan. The Air Fance 777, flight AF356, had arrived an hour earlier after a flight from Paris-CDG. It was being prepared for the return leg to Paris as AF351.
It was determined that PK789 was positioned on the incorrect lead in line while manoeuvering.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/pk789#c10369a
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/f-gspp#c10d490
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pearson-airport-wings-collide-1.3920299
TSB A17O0001
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 February 2007 | AP-BGY | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA | 0 | Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) |  |
min |
| Collision with other aircraft on apron | ||||||
| 7 January 2020 | AP-BGY | Pakistan International Airlines - PIA | 0 | near Nawabshah |  |
non |
| Near miss | ||||||
Media:
PIA plane hit Air France plane at Toronto Airport https://t.co/fGrhWrBFKc pic.twitter.com/50E8mvd8UU
— Times of lsIamabad (@TimesofIslambad) January 4, 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2017 15:09 | harro | Added |
| 04-Jan-2017 15:10 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Embed code, ] |
| 04-Jan-2017 15:12 | harro | Updated [Date, ] |
| 10-May-2023 10:52 | harro | Updated |
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