ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386376
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| Date: | Saturday 6 April 2024 |
| Time: | 11:07 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A350-1041 |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-XWBC |
| MSN: | 362 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, G-VDIA, was being pushed back from the gate at London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) when the left-hand wing tip struck the right-hand horizontal stabilizer of a parked British Airways Airbus A350-1041 (G-XWBC).
Sources:
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/12425712/two-passenger-planes-crash-heathrow/#Echobox=1712406257-1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 January 2022 | G-XWBC | British Airways | 0 | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) | |
min |
| Tailstrike | ||||||
Media:
Just witnessed a plane crash at Heathrow! A tug pushing back a Virgin 787, crashed the wing into a BA A350 #Heathrow #BritishAirways #VirginAtlantic pic.twitter.com/9VmiP6uwQr
— Alex Whittles (@PurpleFrogAlex) April 6, 2024
Accident at #heathrow involving a #virginatlantic #boeing787 and a #britishairways #A350 #bigjettv @BigJetTVLIVE pic.twitter.com/Hm5Vh6ehrc
— Roger Slaytor (@slaytor_roger) April 6, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2024 07:53 | Goklerdeyiz.net | Added |
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