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| Date: | Wednesday 15 August 2018 |
| Time: | c. 15:57 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-232 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N448UA |
| MSN: | 842 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 64833 hours |
| Engine model: | IAE V2527-A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) |
| Portland Int’l (KPDX) | |
| Investigating agency: | FAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A United Airlines Airbus A320 operating as Flight 645 to Portland, Oregon, clipped wings with a stationary United Airlines Boeing 737-700 operating as Flight 2746 during pushback from Gate C30 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (KORD), Chicago, Illinois. Degree of aircraft damage has not been ascertained and there were no reported injuries.
Sources:
https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/planes-collide-ohare/
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL645
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2746/history/20180815/2010Z/KORD/KCLE
FAA AIN Notices Report 08/16/2018
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 October 2008 | N448UA | United Airlines | 0 | Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX) | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2018 02:02 | Geno | Added |
| 16-Aug-2018 02:05 | Geno | Updated [Source, ] |
| 16-Aug-2018 19:25 | Terry Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 16-Aug-2018 19:52 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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