On the one hand, you’d expect fewer incidents involving planes nowadays, given how quiet the skies are. On the other hand, airports are crowded with grounded planes, so I guess it’s not too surprising to see an airport incident.
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One interesting statistic: the incessant rate is up 1000% from just a few months ago.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Emirates just retires this plane. It is 13 years old and they have over 130+ of them so in the current climate and considering the age...I wouldn’t be surprised
I doubt VERY much (as one comment above!) The 350 will be write-off!! A plane thats not even a year old wont be written off i cant see the damaged stabiliser costing more than what the planes worth!!!
I would surmise that both airlines and the airport management (probable owners of the TUG) have insurance coverage for this incident. The decisions as to where the blame lies and whether to pay to repair one or both of the planes or to scrap either of them will likely be made by the insurers, not the airlines.
As the BA A350 was connected to a tug & being pushed back, then I expect the Ground Handler to be receiving a Bill from BA very soon.
@Robbie - Guessing it was a joke. How does an airline end up with over 130 777's that cost almost $200M each?
@Robbie - that was a reference to the usual comments on Airliners.net. It was a joke.
Same insurance responsibility as with cars? As in, if you are driving a car and hit a vehicle that is not moving it's all yours.
What happened to the strict social distancing law in UAE. They should have parked at a distance. 😀
I thought G-XWBA is cursed one. It broke down during first month of training flights and stranded me and others in Barcelona. Now this.
Based on the apron marking (2nd picture), the 777 was parked within the boundry of the parking area. Clearly a tug driver mistake during push back of the 350.
I guess they weren't following the 6-ft rule. Oh well. At least the airlines didn't need those planes right now anyway.
There was yet another incident on this cursed first BA A350: In July 2019, British Airways pilots damaged the shiny new A350 aircraft by flying flaps overspeed.
The cancellation thwarted a flyertalk meet-up flight. We had flown in from Russia at considerable expense in order to fly LHR-MAD-LHR last summer.
Not only did BA cancel because the MAD turn (no substitute aircraft of any type was available at their Headquarters?!) but they declared their own pilot damaging their plane on the unbound was an act of God / unanticipated safety event.
Thus far they have refused EC261 compensation.
Why should it cost EK or BA? Surely if it was connected to a tug then the ground handler's insurance will need to step up?
I am sure gaffer tape will take care of this just as it keeps together the British Army 🙂
Just give an update. This aircraft has been fixed and it’s on its way back to LHR
Following the damage it sustained on 14th April, British Airways A350-1000 G-XWBA departed Dubai this afternoon operating a Dubai – London Heathrow cargo sector as BA108.