Ground towing collision at Avalon

[PaulL]

came across these

[Paul C.]

I flew on OJK back in September 2005 from Singapore to Melbourne.

[Will H]

Originally Posted by Mick F

Towing of aircraft is not a very easy task in itself either. Mistakes happen. They're certainly not the first to break an aircraft because of a towing mishap.

Yes, mistakes do happen--a year or two ago a QF 744 departing JFK clipped its winglet on a fence, but in this incident one 747 damaged another 747 rather starkly. This isn't a bump into another plane or a brush with a fence, and only adds to a series of Qantas tech mishaps during the past few months.

[Lukas M]

Here are some pics of OJM from I got yesterday morning. OJK seems to have a new nose in the hanger now..

[Robert Zweck]

Originally Posted by Will H

Yes, mistakes do happen--a year or two ago a QF 744 departing JFK clipped its winglet on a fence, .

The aircraft I think was taxying to its Bay, and the problem was not with the Tech Crew but some ambiguity on the ground....

Repositioned taxiway lines that gave insufficient clearance????

Poor marshalling ??????

Something similar happened to the B727 VH-TBJ here in Adelaide in the late 80s, the Bay was repositioned and the wingtip hit a Ground vehicle as they taxied in.

Took several weeks to repair to a standard where it could be flown to Melbourne for proper repairs

[Anthony J]

VH-OJM ferried up from Avalon as QFA6196 yesterday afternoon then operated out as QFA0031.