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Old 8th Dec 2010, 05:12
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Dune
 
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EK A380 Damaged in Toronto

Happened Monday night.

No idea as to extent of damage but unconfirmed chat from another site:


Happened earlier this evening in Toronto. The caterer had just finished servicing the upper deck galley, and was in the process of lowering the truck. There was an equipment failure of some type (I was told, anyway) and the truck wound up resting on the upper part of the wing. The driver scrambled out onto the wing to escape the truck. There is a fair bit of damage, and they might require a crane to remove the truck from the wing.
From what i heard it looks like the a380 will be down for a while. So far they see 3 damaged ribs in the wing. they had to remove the catering truck with 2 cranes. if i get some pics i'll post.
Schedules being shuffled as we speak to replace the lost a/c. Hopefully not out of service too long.






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