Myanmar bingle.

[Unregistered User]

Seems Golden Myanmar A320 and a Myanmar International Airways A319 have banged into each other on the ground.

No idea if pax were on board, and some fair damage.

[safelife]

Ouch:

http://s1.directupload.net/images/140414/vcb8yzxi.png

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[jossurf]

Can't believe my eyes!
How did they do that?:ugh:

[SOPS]

That would take some doing!

[nitro rig driver]

What the crowd control :}

[Spunky Monkey]

Drifting gone wrong...

[safelife]

Apparently the A319 became disconnected during push.

http://s1.directupload.net/images/140414/vc9kiqnv.jpg

[BN2A]

Was it being pushed sideways??

:eek:

[GroundedSpanner]

With NWS pinned out, the 319 probably had a fair amount of spin along with its backward motion. All the 320 driver could do would be apply the brakes and wait for the crunch.

[safelife]

Will be interesting to see if they can repair them on site. I understand possibilities are limited in Myanmar.
But then again I wouldn't want to fly out either of them for repair...

[safelife]

Thit Htoo Lwin (Daily News) (http://thithtoolwin.myanmarbloggers.com/Home/Detail/?path=/2014/04/blog-post_6348.html)

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[Tarq57]

If the 319 suffered a loss of control while being pushed back, how did the RHS avoid the 320?

[papershuffler]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlMSFZlCEAAUuZG.jpg

[underfire]

"stop when it sounds expensive..."

this happened with all of that ground crew??

[Heathrow Harry]

naw - thisis Asia - any incident produces a herd of rubber-neckers in a milli-second

[Toruk Macto]

It Happened because of all those ground crew!

[smiling monkey]

This news report (http://www.dvb.no/news/two-planes-crash-on-runway-at-rangoon-airport-burma-myanmar/39667) suggests that the Golden Myanmar Airways was taxing and then had technical difficulties before crashing in to the MAI A319. Rangoon police are investigating ? WTF?? :confused:

While taxiing the runway at Rangoon International Airport at about 6am on Monday morning, an A320 plane belonging to Golden Myanmar Airlines crashed into a stationary Myanmar Airways International (MAI) plane.

According to Aye Mra Thar, the marketing and public relations officer of MAI: “The Golden Myanmar aircraft was taxiing when it lost control due to a technical problem with its front gear, and it crashed into one of our aircraft.

“Our plane suffered substantial damage on the tail-side, but luckily no one was injured as it was parked,” said Aye Mra Thar.

Both planes suffered damage and costs will be estimated after the Thingyan holiday, according to Rangoon police.

Burma’s state-run national carrier, MAI operates daily international flights to Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Guangzhou, Gaya, Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, and recently launched a new flight service to Pusan, South Korea.

Based out of Mandalay, Golden Myanmar Airlines launched operations only in January 2013 as a low-cost domestic and international carrier. Its main investors include the chairmen of Co-operative Bank. It currently has only two aircraft, both A320 airbuses, and runs domestic flights between Rangoon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw, with international routes to Gaya and Imphal in India, as well as Singapore and Bangkok.

[Shackman]

Must have been quite difficult taxying with the tow bar attached.

[surely not]

Always a possibility that the tow bar has been fitted AFTER the accident in order to push the aircraft away from (out of) the other one.

[Chronus]

Towing is a bit like taking your pooch for walkies, got to keep it on tight lead, the attraction can at the wrong time be simply irresistible.

[Bob Lorentz]

Whatever happened to the nose gear/pushback truck/towbar etc. - Why did the taxiing/pushing crew not simply hit the brakes ?
Even with the bypass pin in and the A pumps off the brakes still work !! On a 737 that is, I guess the bus work similarly ?

[safelife]

The tow bar was attached after the event, earlier photos saw the GMA plane without.
Locals say excessive taxi speed was a factor, not sure if that is true.

[Gerd53]

yes the airbus works similiary but A-Pumps on the bus? Green hydraulic system for the normal brake and yellow system for the park/alternate brake.

[Connetts]

SLF here, and so forgive what seems an obvious question if one does not have a clear vision of the plan view.

The wings must have been close, surely, what with their lengths and sweep-back?