QF B767 and United B747 Taxi Collision at Melbourne
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QF B767 and United B747 Taxi Collision at Melbourne
About 30 minutes ago a Qantas B767 and United B747 both full of pax touched while taxiing, the United 747's wingtip sliced through the Qf 767's hori stab about 1-2 foot from the o/b end (all second hand info)
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Just got off the phone from my Mel source, the qf 76 was GE powered and the United 74 was most probably united 840 to LAX via SYD, from his vantage point the planes are quite a distance away from the terminal both were taxing outbound for takeoff, sorry this is all I have at the moment.
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Planes clip wings at Melbourne airport
ABC Online
"The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will investigate an incident involving two jets at Melbourne airport this afternoon.
The Qantas and United Airlines aircraft clipped wings while one was taxiing and the other was stationary.
There were no injuries.
Airport operations have not been affected.
Qantas says all 155 passengers on board its plane will be transferred to alternative flights."
"The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will investigate an incident involving two jets at Melbourne airport this afternoon.
The Qantas and United Airlines aircraft clipped wings while one was taxiing and the other was stationary.
There were no injuries.
Airport operations have not been affected.
Qantas says all 155 passengers on board its plane will be transferred to alternative flights."
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As usual I was tooo slow!!
Anyone got anymore info? ie: which aircraft was taxying and which was stationary?
Anyone got anymore info? ie: which aircraft was taxying and which was stationary?
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Originally Posted by Pedota
ABC news has reported that the United aircraft was taxiing and the Qantas aircraft stationary.
OUCH!
That's gotta hurt....
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Hopefully you meant to say:
Originally Posted by numbskull
I believe that OGH was waiting on a taxi way prior to takeoff and the United aircraft taxied behind it causing previously mentioned damage.
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Second hand info from a reliable/credible source.
QF 767 holding on Echo for a departure off 16, United 744 taxiing north on Alpha. 744 seen to swerve to the right to avoid the 767 to no avail, ensuing "explosion" of composite fibres etc from impact.
Damage to 744 L/H wing tip leading edge and winglet, 767 R/H aft hori-stab trailing edge and tip, both substatial.
Tech crew (and some pax) on an arriving QF 737 observed the incident and advised ATC.
And only a day after UA climbed out of Chap 11!
QF 767 holding on Echo for a departure off 16, United 744 taxiing north on Alpha. 744 seen to swerve to the right to avoid the 767 to no avail, ensuing "explosion" of composite fibres etc from impact.
Damage to 744 L/H wing tip leading edge and winglet, 767 R/H aft hori-stab trailing edge and tip, both substatial.
Tech crew (and some pax) on an arriving QF 737 observed the incident and advised ATC.
And only a day after UA climbed out of Chap 11!
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Originally Posted by Mr. Hat
The news said 99 pax on the 747. Is that normal? Pretty low load factor or do they go via somewhere else to get more pax?
Here's a pic of UA wing...nasty stuff...OGH didn't look much better when she was being towed past down to the maintenance base...
