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Two taxiing planes collide at London Heathrow

#1 Postby Brent » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:38 pm

Two aircraft collide at Heathrow
Heathrow airport
One airliner is said to have "clipped" the other
Two aircraft have collided while taxiing on the ground at Heathrow Airport in West London.

It is understood that one is a British Airways Boeing 747 and the other is a Sri Lankan Airbus A340 jet.

The London Fire Brigade has confirmed that no-one has been injured in the incident which happened at 2213 BST.

The brigade said that one aircraft "clipped" the other but there were no reports of fire and neither plane sustained any damage.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7046224.stm
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Re: Two taxiing planes collide at London Heathrow

#2 Postby alan1961 » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:57 am

just amazes me how two aircraft that size get so near each other on the ground..got forbid if that had of happened in mid air.
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#3 Postby gtalum » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:06 am

The really disturbing part is that very close calls happen every day. It's amazing that more incidents don't occur.
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Re: Two taxiing planes collide at London Heathrow

#4 Postby alan1961 » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:55 pm

one does spring to mind..Tenerife airport in 1977

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1392323
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Re: Two taxiing planes collide at London Heathrow

#5 Postby Ptarmigan » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:59 pm

alan1961 wrote:one does spring to mind..Tenerife airport in 1977

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1392323


That's the worst aviation accident on record. 583 people died. I am surprise right now this has not happened with all those near misses and that recent collision.
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Re: Two taxiing planes collide at London Heathrow

#6 Postby HurricaneBill » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:50 am

The worst mid-air collision was on November 12, 1996 in Chaki Dahdri, India. A Saudi Arabian Airlines 747 collided with a Kazastan Airlines IL-76. 349 people died in the crash. All 312 on the 747 and all 37 on the IL-76.
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Re: Two taxiing planes collide at London Heathrow

#7 Postby HurricaneBill » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:53 am

alan1961 wrote:one does spring to mind..Tenerife airport in 1977

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1392323


This photograph of both planes was taken a short time before the collision.

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#8 Postby TexasStooge » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:09 am

OMG! Glad that no one was injured in that incident.
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