An Air France jet flight 7 (Airbus 380) clipped a smaller Comair jet flight 293 (Bombardier CRJ-700) while (the comair jet) was taxiing to its gate.NTSB opened an investigation on this incident while Air France said it will co-operate with the investigation.It is the second incident for the newly introduced Airbus A380,the first being a serious engine failure from a Quantas jet back in November 2010 that forced it to make an emergency landing at Singapore Changi airport(for more info on this one check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32).
This blog is intended to inform people about new,unusual and historic airplane accidents and incidents in an educational way and by no means it try's to promote fear of flying or any other distress or whatsoever to the reader.Information is gathered from many sources and so i will try to be as accurate as possilble for the safe information of my readers.Enjoy and learn!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
News: 12-April-2011 An A380 Air France jet clips a (much) smaller plane at New York's JFK airport
An Air France jet flight 7 (Airbus 380) clipped a smaller Comair jet flight 293 (Bombardier CRJ-700) while (the comair jet) was taxiing to its gate.NTSB opened an investigation on this incident while Air France said it will co-operate with the investigation.It is the second incident for the newly introduced Airbus A380,the first being a serious engine failure from a Quantas jet back in November 2010 that forced it to make an emergency landing at Singapore Changi airport(for more info on this one check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32).