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Old 16th Feb 2007, 14:11
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Taken from another site

"PIA B777-200LR AP-BGY taxiing for a 24R departure clipped the top of the rudder of a FLYBe Dash 8-400 with the starboard wingtip. The Dash 8 was at a runway intersection awaiting departure. Both aircraft are currently parked up on the west apron, 66 ish and stand 73, they taxiied there under their own power."

The above was posted on another well known website - by an airport authority employee.

Interesting how we now have one posting that it was 24R and the other as 24L. If it was 24L then we appear to have a repeat of the BmiBaby/Excel incident of 2 couple of years ago. Alternatively if it was 24R then it looks as if the flybe was possibly awaiting departure from 'JA' or even 'G' and got taken out by the 777 - it would appear in that case that the Dash was a longway short of the actual stop-bar, or that the PIA was well off the centre-line!!

Not trying to predetermine any guilt, just honest comments based on airfield layout.

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