ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 197250
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Date: | Wednesday 9 August 2017 |
Time: | 02:10 |
Type: | Boeing 767-3BGER |
Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
Registration: | ET-AMG |
MSN: | 30566/817 |
Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 196 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Category: | Incident |
Location: | Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) -
India
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Phase: | Pushback / towing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) |
Destination airport: | Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB) |
Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:An Air India Airbus A320, registration VT-EXD, was parked on aircraft stand 86L of Delhi International airport at 16:25 UTC (21:55 LT) after operating flight AI5542 from Jeddah). Ab Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300 aircraft, ET-AMG, was already parked on aircraft stand 87 after arrival from Addis Ababa at 04:10 UTC (09:40 LT).
The Boeing 767 was supposed to operate flight ET686 back to Addis Ababa at 20:40 UTC (02:10 LT). After obtaining positive push back clearance from ATC at 20:37 UTC, when the aircraft was being pushed back from aircraft stand 87, the starboard side wing of Ethiopian aircraft got entangled with the left hand side sharklet of the Air India aircraft.
The incident occurred during night time in fine weather conditions.
Both the aircraft received minor damages.
Probable cause:-
The most probable cause of Incident was improper stand allocation made by the aerodrome personnel without following Standard Operating procedures (SOP). Non availability of wing walkers during pushback of M/s. Ethiopian aircraft was a contributory factor.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AAIB India |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/close-shave-at-delhi-airport-as-wings-of-ai-ethiopian-airlines-planes-collide/story-TDozo3AtStxcphnhYx8JdI.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 September 2013 |
ET-AMG |
Ethiopian Airlines |
0 |
Zanzibar Airport |
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min |
Collision with other aircraft on apron |
26 November 2018 |
ET-AMG |
Ethiopian Airlines |
0 |
Addis Ababa |
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min |
8 October 2019 |
ET-AMG |
Ethiopian Airlines |
0 |
Dakar-Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS/GOBD) |
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min |
Engine failure |
Media:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Aug-2017 17:47 |
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09-Aug-2017 17:53 |
harro |
Updated [Date, Time, Total occupants, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
23-Mar-2018 20:48 |
harro |
Updated [Time, Nature, Embed code, Narrative] |
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