Incident Airbus A320-200 , Saturday 6 May 2023
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Date:Saturday 6 May 2023
Time:06:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic A320 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A320-200
Owner/operator:
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Santiago-Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL/SCEL) -   Chile
Phase: Pushback / towing
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Santiago-Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL/SCEL)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: DGAC Chile
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The aircraft was parked at Gate E2B, of Terminal 2 at the Santiago-Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL).
While performing a pushback procedure from Gate E2B, of Terminal 2 at the Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, the APU collided with the jet blast deflector adjacent to the gate. As a result, the flight crew and all passengers were unharmed, but the aircraft sustained damage.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: DGAC Chile
Report number: 
Status: Preliminary report
Duration:
Download report: Preliminary report

Sources:

DGAC

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-May-2024 17:53 ASN Added
15-May-2024 17:54 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ]

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