Parked Qatar Airways Planes Collide In Storm

cmon it's obviously a set up. They need insurance money to fund em through covid (kidding)

I could believe a plane turning in the strong gusts, but isn’t the plane moving towards where the wind is blowing from???? I don’t believe it - if it is a real collision then it’s insurance fraud!

Couple of considerations:
Most large aircraft use hydraulic parking brakes. After less than 24 hours with no hydraulic pumps running, the pressure is already insufficient to hold the brakes and therefore keep the aircraft stationary.
Secondly, some airports are running short of chocks because so many aircraft are parked for storage.
Perhaps this plane didn't have enough hydraulic pressure to hold the brakes and didn't have enough chocks in place.

I didn’t know storms could be that strong in Qatar. If the pattern persists, Etihad’s next to have a collision incident

I'm not an aerodynamics expert, but that plane turns *into* the wind, and then travels perpendicular to the wind straight across the tarmac to hit the other plane. Either I need to go back to high school physics class or the person who created this photoshopped video needs to 🙂

Plane is moving into the direction of the wind, so this simply impossible from a physics view point. Totally fake

@ Lune, @ Malibu69
Winds in that part of the world shift.

I really worry about the 350 with fuselage damage. remember, this is not simple metal like older aircraft, this is composite.

Nope, I don't buy it. There is no way that a plane will be moved like that by winds of 70 knots. To make matters even worse, the plane is moving into the wind. It's either fake or someone was driving it from the inside

Living in Doha!

I can tell you, I hadn't seen winds like this before.
Part of a COVID19 temporary hospital got destroyed ( luckily no injuries to patients, and minor injuries to staff)
There is a video of a tornado going around
Huge trees were uprooted in one of the big parks.

It was insane.

If an article needed a 'WOW' this was it!

The ground equipment in the foreground didn't move at all, including what appears to be a large light stanchion and airstairs. Presumably these lights are top heavy and would topple over in such winds.

I live in Doha. Yep, it was crazy. Video and pictures sent of damage done friends’ compounds was incredible, while my place hardly got blasted at all.

It seems to be quite lucky (in terms of repairability) that the points of contact were the nose cone (787) and what seems to be the FWD cargo door (a350)- so doesn't seem to be much, if any, structural/fuselage damage.

It tuns into the wind and then moves forward against the wind? Clearly there is audio but not a single comment by the person recording this, off a monitor?

As someone who's studied aerodynamics, this probably happened because the wind pushed the tail, causing the aircraft to turn. The forward motion was likely the 787 nose moving along the A350 wing. (until it hit the A350 fuselage)

787 was feeling lonely, needed some physical contact 😉

With all due respect a lot of what you write about is far from your area of expertise, but it’s still an enjoyable read

Please you aeronautical experts ! The wind comes onto the side of an aircraft, causing pressure on the vertical stabiliser, (on the tail of the aircraft) thereby pushing the nose of the plane into the wind. Simple !

The wind caused pressure on
the vertical stab, thereby twisting the aircraft around it's main undercarriage to point the nose into the wind ! Simple !

Paul and RDP seem to understand and have the knowledge. I'm not an aircraft expert but a experienced yachtsman which knows how to sail at a narrow angle into the wind. With the big tail of this aircraft acting as a sail in a strong this looks absolutely real.

Ever Wondered what Happened to the people or is just the planes important?

Amusing these people calling it fake.

What is the largest vertical surface on the plane? The tail.

Logic is evidently lacking in some.