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| Date: | Sunday 17 September 2017 |
| Time: | 09:50 |
| Type: |  ATR 72-500 (72-212A) |
| Owner/operator: | Aurigny Air Services |
| Registration: | G-COBO |
| MSN: | 852 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW127 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 60 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) |
| Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands (GCI/EGJB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aurigny Air Services flight GR671, an ATR 72-500 was cancelled when the plane hit a catering truck during push back from the gate at Manchester Airport, U.K. There were no personal injuries.
Sources:
1. https://www.rt.com/uk/403619-manchester-airport-plane-crash/
2. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-cobo#ee3db17
3. https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
4. http://www.airlive.net/alert-aurigny-planes-wing-has-hit-a-catering-truck-at-manchester-airport/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 March 2016 | G-COBO | Aurigny Air Services | 0 | On departure from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Guernsey | |
non |
| Icing | ||||||
| 21 December 2016 | G-COBO | Aurigny Air Services | 0 | near Guernsey, Channel Islands, 5 nm N of reporting point ORTAC | |
non |
Location
Media:
Plane with passengers on board crashes into catering truck at #Manchester #Airport https://t.co/vujyvg2bIl pic.twitter.com/XbnSlrf4Jp
— RT UK (@RTUKnews) September 17, 2017
@MENnewsdesk my plane to Guernsey was pushing back from stand and hit a van. Ouch!!! Pilot and crew superb. #Aurigny #backtodeparturelounge pic.twitter.com/0HJaQlwGkd
— Scott Grayson (@propertymole) September 17, 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Sep-2017 14:34 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-Sep-2017 14:38 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Sep-2017 18:15 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 11-Oct-2017 01:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
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