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Date: | Monday 30 January 2012 |
Time: | 09:43 LT |
Type: | Boeing 737-7H4 (WL) |
Owner/operator: | Southwest Airlines |
Registration: | N222WN |
MSN: | 34290/1780 |
Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 94 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
Destination airport: | Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4(WL), performing flight WN792, from Los Angeles to Denver was taxiing to its gate when it made contact with a light pole near the de-icing station northwest of Concourse C. The pole collapsed, damaging the wing.
All occupants escaped unhurt.
Sources:
https://www.instagram.com/p/mQSpI/ http://airnation.net/2012/01/30/southwest-smacks-lightpole-denver/
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/southwest-plane-strikes-light-pole-at-dia
https://www.bloomberg.com/businessweek/news/2012-01-30/southwest-jet-topples-denver-airport-light-pole-nobody-hurt.html
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/04_222WN.txt
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/8/8/4/2047488.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Jan-2012 06:14 |
gerard57 |
Added |
31-Jan-2012 06:19 |
harro |
Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
31-Jan-2012 06:19 |
harro |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type] |
31-Jan-2012 18:08 |
Geno |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
01-Feb-2012 01:17 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |