reifel From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 1155 posts, RR: 1 Posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 21453 times:
Hello there,
I haven't seen any information about this here, so I'll thought I post this here.
Hereunder is what is published on the agent website afkl.biz (where a daily irregularity report is published). I have no further info... Hope the damage is quickly repaired and ncie to see that AF was able to replace aircrafts that quickly, especially the A380 flight which seemed to have departed without delay.
Report nb 3304 of Saturday October 30th, 2010 - 15H30 UTC
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WEATHER AND AIR TRAFFIC
Cyclone Tomas is over South of Martinique and induces some delays and reschedules.
OPERATIONS
Long-haul flights
America
- New York JFK:
AF022/30oct CDG 06h20 JFK 14h25, return to the parking stand further to a damage (minor collision between the winglet and the rear of the A380- arrival of AF007 which was positioning in its parking stand). Aircraft switch and departure at 10h53. Arrival expected at 19h29.
AF006/AF007/30oct CDG JFK CDG: change of aircraft further to the damage mentioned above. These flights now operate with a B77W (P8 J67 W28 Y200) instead of an A380 (P9 J80 Y449).
B6JFKH81 From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 2767 posts, RR: 7 Reply 1, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 21417 times:
Well, a winglet is easily replaced so long as there isn't any additional damage to the wing. What type of a/c was the one that struck the A380 w/ the winglet?
The A380 on the other hand may have more substantial damage. Depending on how and where the "rear of the A380" was hit, you could be talking about fuselage damage that could include the skin, stringers, etc.
"If you do not learn from history, you are doomed to repeat it"
DocLightning From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 16943 posts, RR: 57 Reply 2, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 21332 times:
This is the first incident/accident having to do with the A380 after EIS, no?
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26970 posts, RR: 83 Reply 3, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 21317 times:
Guess the other plane wasn't aware of how "The Law of Gross Tonnage" determines Right-Of-Way.
propilotjw From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 586 posts, RR: 7 Reply 5, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 21095 times:
CDG-JFK is typically a 777-300ER. That's what it's been recently
Panman From Trinidad and Tobago, joined Aug 1999, 790 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 18399 times:
Quoting DocLightning (Reply 2): This is the first incident/accident having to do with the A380 after EIS, no?
Far from my friend, far from.
Handful of cases of Nose Gear RVDT failure meaning no steering available (SQ/QF @ LHR - runway closure, etc).
Belt loader running into QF A380 @ LHR late last year.
EK A380 last week leaking fuel @ LHR and having to be hangared at "the cathedral" for 2 days. EA called in to repair fuel manifold on engine.
EGTESkyGod From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 1703 posts, RR: 14 Reply 8, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 18000 times:
Quoting DocLightning (Reply 2): This is the first incident/accident having to do with the A380 after EIS, no?
Qantas had a tyre-burst on landing in Sydney on VH-OQC in April this year. But two or three days after, I flew on the same airframe from Sydney to London so the damage wasn't as bad as the news agencies liked to make out. There was a clip of a passenger who was watching his IFE with the tail-cam view showing sparks from under the aircraft. Looked spectacular but the aircraft was never in danger although try telling that to the media...
FlySSC From France, joined Aug 2003, 7313 posts, RR: 60 Reply 9, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 12787 times:
The A380 F-HPJB involved in this minor incident was arriving from JFK as AF007. It had to stop a few meters from its parking stand as there was a problem with a truck blocking its access.
The A330 operating AF022 CDG-JFK pushed back and when begining taxiing, its winglet hit the APU tail cone of the A380.
Minor damages on both aircraft.
The A380 is now in the AF Maintenance hangar and will be back into service on tuesday.
ferengi80 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2007, 669 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (2 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 9814 times:
Quoting Panman (Reply 7): Just 3 of the top of my head.....
EK17 had a hard landing at MAN on 6th September, which caused damage to the right main landing gear. The aircraft stayed in MAN overnight and departed the following day.
AF1981 LHR-CDG A380-800 10 July 2010 / AF1980 CDG-LHR A380-800 11 July 2010
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