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I see jacdec have changed the wording substantially, yet they are nowhere closer to the truth.
The aircraft was performing an engine test in the test cell adjacent to hangar 4/5 in CPH. There were 3 engineers on the flight deck and one on the ground, who's job it was to watch for fires from inside the towing tractor. For unknown reasons the aircraft started moving forward, accelerating very quickly to a speed estimated around 60-70 km/h. The left wing struck the tractor, ejecting the occupant from the vehicle and causing him serious injuries. The aircraft continued forward in the direction of H4, when it entered a left turn. The aircraft eventually pirouetted 360 degrees, resulting in the port wing detaching from the fuselage at the leading edge and the port MLG getting push aft and inwards, embedding itself half-way inside the fuselage.
Thanks for the update. I was wondering how a pushback would have been able to end up like this. There seems to have been a long list of maintenance runs gone awry with the plane moving forward unintentionally such as the A340 in Toulouse over a wall, an A310 in Vancouver into a hangar and this one and no doubt others. Something to think about if ever in a situation where you are in front of an aircraft during a high power engine run.