Folks, this is why you should always keep your seatbelt fastened, even while on the ground. Many of you may have heard of the "wing clip" at JFK a couple of nights ago between an Air France A380 and Comair CRJ-700. When I heard there was a wing clip I didn't think twice about it,…
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I can't imagine that EITHER of these aircraft fly for the next several weeks, they must take this A380 out of service to check for structural issues, no?
The first time I saw the video, I laughed. The second time, I said to myself OMG! That wasnt a wing bump, that was a collision! And I am amazed nobody got hurt!!!
NTSB...Where is NTSB??
It sounds like plane crash more than something else (collision is nothing).
Eh, eet ees just like ze Place de l'Étoile ici à Kennedy, non? You try to change ze lane and BOF! Ze little tinny machine, ee is in ze way, et je crashe into eem.
I bet there were some "Gallic gesticulations" going on in that cockpit...
@John from Australian, etc.,etc.,
Pretty funny, John. But watch the video again and try to imagine what was going on in the cockpit of the CRJ!
Just watched a news report about the incident and there is speculation that the CRJ was too close to the A 380. Ya think?