We just had an Airbus A320 clip a whole set of 120K volt powerlines during approach to MMZC, one set of wires broke against the nose gear and engines and the other slid all the way back to the vertical stabilizer and snapped.
Now that is a new one.
Mexicana A319 hit power lines during approach
Air Transport Intelligence news
Rainer Uphoff
Tue, 10 Oct 06 08:24:16 GMT
Mexicana has admitted that one of its Airbus A319s was involved in a landing incident during which the twin-jet struck power lines on final approach to Zacatecas Airport in central Mexico.
The crew of the aircraft, a three-year old example bearing the registration N882MX, immediately aborted the approach.
A spokeswoman for the airline confirms the details of the 24 September incident and adds that the crew opted to proceed to Guadalajara, rather than attempt another landing at Zacatecas.
Guadalajara Airport, she says, was chosen "because of the better airport and maintenance infrastructure available". It is unclear whether the CFM International CFM56-powered jet suffered any damage.