Accident description
Last updated: 20 July 2018
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Wednesday 28 March 2018 |
| Time: | 06:20 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-76J (WL) |
| Operator: | Germania |
| Registration: | D-ABLB |
| C/n / msn: | 36115/2692 |
| First flight: | 2008-07-29 (9 years 8 months) |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-7B22 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) ( Israel)
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing (PBT) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV/LLBG), Israel |
| Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL/EDDT), Germany | |
| Flightnumber: | ST4915 |
A Germania Boeing 737-700 (D-ABLB) was involved in a ground collision accident with an El Al Boeing 767-300ER (4X-EAK) at Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel.
Germania flight ST4915 was being pushed back from the gate when the tail fin impacted the right hand horizontal stabilizer of El Al flight LY385.
Both flights were cancelled.
Probable Cause:
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Classification:
Ground collisionPhotos
Video, social media
#BREAKING: Near collision between 2 planes in Israel's Ben Gurion airport: The wing of a Germania plane crashed into an El Al Plane - No one was injured pic.twitter.com/JkJByDYoC5
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) March 28, 2018
Plane collision at Ben Gurion Airport: German plane backs up into El Al passenger jet on tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport https://t.co/mAcFnGum9G ArutzSheva pic.twitter.com/zd3FrXPd3T
— Jewish Community (@JComm_NewsFeeds) March 28, 2018
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport to Berlin-Tegel Airport as the crow flies is 2852 km (1783 miles).
Distance from Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport to Berlin-Tegel Airport as the crow flies is 2852 km (1783 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
