British Air Plane Clips Building

[The Davy Crockett]

From BBC News:

A plane carrying more than 200 people has struck an office building while preparing to take off from the South African city of Johannesburg.

The British Airways flight to London was taxiing at OR Tambo International Airport when its right wing hit the building, injuring four people inside.

Images show the wing of the Boeing 747 wedged in the structure.

South Africa's Civil Aviation Authority said the aircraft had travelled down a taxi-way that was too narrow for it.

The incident involving the Boeing 747-400 happened late on Sunday.

The control tower "told them to take one taxi-way and they took another one. They took a wrong one," said aviation authority spokeswoman Phindiwe Gwebu.

:blush: OOPS! h34r:

:help: I hope Santa does a better job of finding his way! :help:

:giggle:

 

[PRR 60]

Yikes!

A lively discussion about this incident is going on at Airliners.net.

 

[brent wuellner]

yes, take it on airlines. net is this an aviation forum or an Amtrak forum?

 

[the_traveler]

AU has many sub-forums also. This was posted to one of those.

 

[Trogdor]

yes, take it on airlines. net is this an aviation forum or an Amtrak forum?

Well, given that the name of this particular board is "Non-Rail Transportation," what exactly were you expecting to find?

 

[Ryan]

yes, take it on airlines. net is this an aviation forum or an Amtrak forum?

6 posts, and you're telling us what to do.
Awesome.

Like you were told yesterday, we discuss more than Amtrak here. If you're not interested, don't click on the thread.

 

[jis]

Also, we do have several very good moderators. We do not need an additional clueless one.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

Yikes!

A lively discussion about this incident is going on at Airliners.net.

Link doesn't seem to be working for me?

yes, take it on airlines. net is this an aviation forum or an Amtrak forum?

I can see how you were confused following a thread entitled British Air Plane Clips Building. Oh, wait...

 

[Braniff747SP]

Yikes!

A lively discussion about this incident is going on at Airliners.net.

Link doesn't seem to be working for me?

Try this: www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/5953836/

Basically, it looks like the guy took the wrong turn. Interesting to note that this particular 744, G-BNLL, was involved in another accident a few years back when she clipped a SriLankan Airbus.

 

[jis]

I wonder what the rules will be for the 777Xs to fold their wings. Allegedly they will be able to operate out of airports that can handle 777s, and will not require additional clearance as required by A380s.

 

[the_traveler]

the 777Xs to fold theIr wings.

So the "X" means foldable wings. I always wondered what it stood for! (I know what it means.)

 

[Bob Dylan]

Also, we do have several very good moderators. We do not need an additional clueless one.

Because We already have a Couple of those! :lol: (Just kidding!)

 

[PRR 60]

Yikes!

A lively discussion about this incident is going on at Airliners.net.

Link doesn't seem to be working for me?

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Fixed the link in my original post. Thanks for the heads-up.