Date:	Thursday 21 November 2024
Time:	07:58 UTC
Type:	Airbus A220-300
Owner/operator:	Swiss International Air Lines
Registration:	HB-JCH
MSN:	55021
Year of manufacture:	2018
Engine model:	P&W 1500G
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR) -   Belgium
Phase:	Pushback / towing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG)
Destination airport:	Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR)
Investigating agency:	AAIU Belgium
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Swiss International Air Lines flight LX790, an Airbus A220-300, sustained substantial damage after being struck by a tow truck at Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU).

After landing on runway 25L and vacating the runway, the airplane encountered slippery conditions on taxiway E1. Both engines were shut down and the crew requested to be towed to its parking stand.
A noselift truck came to tow the aircraft to his stand 410. While making the turn on strip 0, the noselift truck started to slip and eventually slipped underneath the aircraft damaging the underside of the fuselage and an antenna of the aircraft.

EBBR 210620Z 22010KT CAVOK 01/M02 Q1004 NOSIG
EBBR 210720Z 23009KT CAVOK 01/M03 Q1003 NOSIG
EBBR 210820Z 22010KT 9999 FEW030 00/M03 Q1002 NOSIG

AAIU Belgium
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/hb-jch#380f6c46

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