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| Date: | Wednesday 13 December 2000 |
| Time: | 22:50 LT |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
| Owner/operator: | Northwest Airlines |
| Registration: | N9342 |
| MSN: | 47391/491 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM-56-5C2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 164 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) |
| Istanbul-Atatürk Airport (ISL/LTBA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Probable Cause: Failure of the pilot of the other airplane to maintain clearance. Factors relating to this accident were the snow-covered taxiways and the ground controller disregarding the pilot of the other airplane's warning of the unsafe/hazardous situation of being unable to taxi around the standing Northwest Airlines DC-9 airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI01IA046
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Mar-2024 11:39 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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