Status: | Accident Investigation report not yet completed, but information verified through authorities or other sources. |
Date: | Friday 2 August 2019 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | ![]() Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner |
Operator: | Air Canada |
Registration: | C-GHPU |
MSN: | 35259/174 |
First flight: | 2014-07-10 (5 years ) |
Engines: | 2 General Electric GEnx-1B |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR) (![]() |
Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR), Canada |
San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO), United States of America | |
Flightnumber: | AC566 |
INCIDENT Air Canada Boeing 787 wing & Edelweiss Airbus A340 tail/APU clipped at YVR. Vancouver Airport media says no impact to operations at YVR. All passengers have been deplaned with no reported injuries. #WK11 to Zurich shows canceled, #AC566 to San Francisco shows delayed. pic.twitter.com/b0bONv9QfM
Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) August 3, 2019