A330 cuts A321's fin off during taxi at Istanbul

[High flier]

That's not gone well.....

https://www.dailysabah.com/tourism/2018/05/13/asia...

[OldGermanHeaps]

Thats a nice wee bit of interference parking there, was this taken at an asda carpark?

[anonymous-user]

Should the Turkish airlines aircraft even be parked there? Seems a bit of an odd place to leave a plane, they weren't backing it out with a tug, any passengers on board?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2fGi6XtUa8&fe...

[OldGermanHeaps]

It looks like the gate wasn't ready for them yet and they were holding just short, perhaps they were waiting on a marshal to guide them to the stand. It would be interesting to hear the recordings from the ground controllers to see just what clearances were given.

[BrettMRC]

That is going to be interesting at peformance review time!

[aeropilot]

Probably no surprise to many that it involved an Asiana aircraft......

[essayer]

Surely being given taxi clearance doesn’t give you carte blanche to just drive into a stationary object

[An Tiomanai]

It looks like it cut through the tail fin with ease.

[aeropilot]

An Tiomanai said:

It looks like it cut through the tail fin with ease.

Judging by the big jump and sideways displacement of the A321 as the A330 wing leading edge struck it and 'pushed through' it, before the fin collapsed, I'd say it didn't cut through with ease at all.
Then again, I doubt Airbus airframe Engineers had this situation as an 'analysis design case' for the fin.......

[Willy Nilly]

I assume both planes are out of action now. Can the one that had the tail looped off be repaired?

[anonymous-user]

Willy Nilly said:

I assume both planes are out of action now. Can the one that had the tail looped off be repaired?

If the banks that own it think its financially viable. most things can be repaired, just depends on the money.
See - https://imgur.com/a/LucEz

[aeropilot]

Willy Nilly said:

I assume both planes are out of action now. Can the one that had the tail looped off be repaired?

Informed opinion from those in the trade, is that its possibly going to be quicker getting the fin damaged a/c back in service than the A330 that hit it, given the possible inspections required on the front spar's of the A330 from the impact etc.
That fin is only held on by 6 bolts, so as long as the fin/fuselage bolt connection joints haven't been overstressed by the impact and they can actually get hold of a fin it could be quicker get that back in the air than the A330 with leading edge/tip/spar damage.

[williamp]

eezeh said:

Should the Turkish airlines aircraft even be parked there? Seems a bit of an odd place to leave a plane, they weren't backing it out with a tug, any passengers on board?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2fGi6XtUa8&fe...

He was there first. Thats how car parks work. Even if the other pilot thought he was driving a Q range Audi..

[Krikkit]

eezeh said:

Willy Nilly said:

I assume both planes are out of action now. Can the one that had the tail looped off be repaired?

If the banks that own it think its financially viable. most things can be repaired, just depends on the money.
See - https://imgur.com/a/LucEz

That was great, thanks for posting.

[48k]

And this is why you keep your seatbelts fastened until the seatbelt light is switched off kids.

[Brother D]

Krikkit said:

eezeh said:

Willy Nilly said:

I assume both planes are out of action now. Can the one that had the tail looped off be repaired?

If the banks that own it think its financially viable. most things can be repaired, just depends on the money.
See - https://imgur.com/a/LucEz

That was great, thanks for posting.

While that is amazing, there was rumors that they did a repair so that Quatas could keep the title of never having a hull loss.

(However I think that conspiracy is highly unlikely with the bean counters running companies)...

[Krikkit]

I'm sure it would've been easy enough for them to write it off, but that kind of repair I find fascinating from an engineering point of view - the fact that you can unpick sections of an airframe like that with enough cash and time is very entertaining watching.

[anonymous-user]

Krikkit said:

I'm sure it would've been easy enough for them to write it off, but that kind of repair I find fascinating from an engineering point of view - the fact that you can unpick sections of an airframe like that with enough cash and time is very entertaining watching.

Airframes are only riveted together, you can replace whole skin / structural sections.

[Ayahuasca]

I was once in a B737 whose wingtip bashed into a neighbouring B737 whilst backing away from the gate. There was much unhappiness amongst the passengers and we made the pilot stop (he was just going to take off as if nothing had happened).

[dvs_dave]

Ayahuasca said:

I was once in a B737 whose wingtip bashed into a neighbouring B737 whilst backing away from the gate. There was much unhappiness amongst the passengers and we made the pilot stop (he was just going to take off as if nothing had happened).

And where in the world with zero aviation safety standards did this highly unlikely scenario unfold?