A Spirit Airlines plane carrying 162
passengers had a lucky escape on New Year’s Eve when it clipped another
jet minutes after touching down at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
International Airport in Florida.
After a comfortable landing, the Spirit Airlines Airbus A-320 was taxiing to its gate when its left wing smashed into a US Airways Airbus A-320, which was parked in a remote area away from the gate where aircraft are stored overnight. No one was on board the US Airways flight at the time.
‘After landing and while taxiing to the gate, our aircraft made contact with another parked aircraft,’ said Spirit spokeswoman Misty Pinson. ‘There were no injuries and customers deplaned at the gate as normal.’
Authorities say the US Airways aircraft was left with a gash in its tail section. Firefighters were called to the scene, but there was no fuel leaking from either aircraft.
While the Spirit aircraft has already resumed flying, the US Airways plane is out of service for inspection and repair of its damaged tail cone.
‘An A320 was parked in an approved parking spot when it was struck in the tail by another aircraft,’ US Airways spokesman Andrew Christie told CNN. ‘The extent of the damage is yet to be determined.’
The National Transportation Safety Board made a recommendation in September that large planes and other aircraft on which the wingtips are not easily visible from the cockpit should have cameras or other devices to monitor the wings.
At the time it said there had been 12 accidents since 1993 involving large aircraft's wingtip hitting another airplane or object on the taxiway.
Other recent collisions include a Boeing 747 hitting a regional jet at O'Hare airport in Chicago in May, a 767 hitting a regional jet in Boston in July 2011 and an A380 hitting a regional jet in April of 2011 at JFK airport in New York. No one was injured in any of these incidents.
After a comfortable landing, the Spirit Airlines Airbus A-320 was taxiing to its gate when its left wing smashed into a US Airways Airbus A-320, which was parked in a remote area away from the gate where aircraft are stored overnight. No one was on board the US Airways flight at the time.
‘After landing and while taxiing to the gate, our aircraft made contact with another parked aircraft,’ said Spirit spokeswoman Misty Pinson. ‘There were no injuries and customers deplaned at the gate as normal.’
Authorities say the US Airways aircraft was left with a gash in its tail section
A spokesperson for Spirit has confirmed that all
162 passengers on board got off at the gate as normal, and the plane
has returned to service
While the Spirit aircraft has already resumed flying, the US Airways plane is out of service for inspection and repair of its damaged tail cone.
‘An A320 was parked in an approved parking spot when it was struck in the tail by another aircraft,’ US Airways spokesman Andrew Christie told CNN. ‘The extent of the damage is yet to be determined.’
The National Transportation Safety Board made a recommendation in September that large planes and other aircraft on which the wingtips are not easily visible from the cockpit should have cameras or other devices to monitor the wings.
At the time it said there had been 12 accidents since 1993 involving large aircraft's wingtip hitting another airplane or object on the taxiway.
Other recent collisions include a Boeing 747 hitting a regional jet at O'Hare airport in Chicago in May, a 767 hitting a regional jet in Boston in July 2011 and an A380 hitting a regional jet in April of 2011 at JFK airport in New York. No one was injured in any of these incidents.
While the Spirit aircraft has already resumed
flying, the US Airways plane is out of service for inspection and repair
of its damaged tail cone
The incident occurred at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida
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