ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185336
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| Date: | 12-MAR-2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-428 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Atlanta Icelandic |
| Registration: | TF-AAK |
| C/n / msn: | 32868/1325 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
The chartered aircraft collided with the ground tug, badly damaging the undercarriage, two of the plane's engines and injuring two ground tug operators.
The aircraft was operating as the tour aircraft for Iron Maiden.
Sources:
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/iron-maidens-plane-badly-damaged-in-collision-at-santiago-airport/
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 Jul 2010 | F-GITH | Air France | 0 | en route, near Recife, Pernambuco |  |
non |
Media:
#EdForceOne damage in Santiago!! 😱✈️ pic.twitter.com/JnqFR2vbgX
— ✈Monica-مونيكا✈️ (@vargasmoni) March 12, 2016
#IronMaiden will continue their tour without #EdForceOne ... ✈️🎸😔 pic.twitter.com/uXSajaL9ig
— ✈Monica-مونيكا✈️ (@vargasmoni) March 12, 2016
Images:
Photo of TF-AAK courtesy AirHistory.net
Zürich (LSZH / ZRH)
4 June 2016; (c) Freek Blokzijl
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2016 17:05 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Mar-2016 17:08 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2016 11:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
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