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Accident to the Airbus A340 registered OY-KBC and operated by SAS and to the BAE AVRO146RJ registered SE-DST and operated by Braathens Regional on 26/12/2016 at Copenhague [Investigation led by AIB / Denmark]

Collision entre un avion au roulage et un avion tracté

Responsible entity

Denmark - AAIB

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Danish authorities :

The accident occurred at EKCH when SE-DST was in the process of parking and OY-KBC was towed from the hangar area to a stand.

SE-DST had landed and taxied to stand E77. When taxing for parking at stand E77, SE-DST stopped approximately 15 meters from the parking marks on stand E77 with the engines running.

When holding at this position, OY-KBC was towed on the taxiway behind SE-DST. When OY-KBC was towed past SE-DST, the right winglet on OY-KBC hit the tail section of SE-DST.

The towing of OY-KBC was stopped and SE-DST was guided to parking by a marshall.