A330 takes out Gulfstream at VLVT
A330 takes out Gulfstream at VLVT
A Thai Airways A330-300 has nearly ripped the tail off a Gulfstream IV private jet during a taxiing accident in Vientiane, Laos.The accident occurred in darkness on 9 March as the A330 (HS-TEU) prepared to operate flight TG575 on the Vientiane-Bangkok Suvarnabhumi route, according to Thai Airways.“When the pilot took the plane out to the taxiway, its wing collided with the tail of a small personal plane.” Images on social media show that the outboard leading edge of the A330’s left wing suffered damage.As for the private jet, M-YWAY, the entire tail plane was nearly torn off, coming to rest on the right-side horizontal stabilizer. The front landing gear also appears to have been severely twisted in its mounting. The Thai aircraft was carrying 79 passengers and 13 crew, all of whom are safe, says the airline. Cirium fleets data indicates that HS-TEU is managed by Thai and was delivered in March 2010, though it only entered service in June 2011.
https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/...137157.article
You should see the other guy..
https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/...137157.article
Spoiler
You should see the other guy..
Pegase Driver
Join Date: May 1997
Location: Europe
Age: 74
Posts: 3,693
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
the 330 having apparently from the photo has relatively little visible damage , and aircraft was taxing out , so most probably at low speed, how can this cause the 90 deg cut off of a G4 vertical stab ? are the vertical stab so weak to lateral forces by design,?
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: timbuktu
Posts: 1
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Momentum.....
It would not surprise me if the little jet was set onto one wingtip and the nose gear and lifted off the main gear during the event.
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: London
Posts: 208
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Dearie me. The reason big widebodies are operated in Asia is not always due to expected pax loads...have you seen the state of some of the road haulage in that part of the world?
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Canada
Posts: 603
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sussex-West
Age: 60
Posts: 306
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Air Inter ( now defunct) were the only A330 operator I know of with an all economy config of close to 400. Maybe others I guess.
No, what is telling is that this was not even close to missing the Gulfstream. We seem to be a bit short on info regarding who strayed where in this almost unforgivable event.
[QUOTE=deja vu;10713200]You can only judge the load from the ZFW, which we don't know. My former company operated many 333 flights to one destination and return with <50 pax but at Max ZFW in that part of the world.[/QUOTE/
What jet hits MZFW with just 50 punters?
What jet hits MZFW with just 50 punters?
What jet hits MZFW with just 50 punters