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Old 26th Dec 2006, 18:17
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Romeo E.T.
 
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The MK plane was parked like that because they were loading freight through the nose. The SAA plane was instructed to push back far enough to exit via the HOTEL exit, which he acknowledged, and again on taxi, was told to exit via HOTEL, which the acknowledged again, and still taxied straight ahead and struck the MK plane causing damage to the APU door and one of the elevators

The SAA flight was delayed by 12 hours because no spare planes were available. It has since been patched up and is flying with one winglet. The MK plane is still on the apron, only departing tonight, nearly a week after the incident.
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