Accident to the Boeing 777 registered F-GSQT operated by Air France and the Airbus A330 registered N411DX operated by Delta Airlines on 30/08/2023 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle

As the terminal parking stands were busy, the controller held aeroplanes on taxiways UT. A first Boeing 777-200 was already stopped on UT4 when the controller asked the crew of the Air France Boeing 777-300 to join UT3 to hold, passing behind the Boeing 777-200 via taxiway T. In these conditions, taxiway T is limited to aeroplanes with a wingspan of less than 36 m, which was not the case for the aeroplanes involved.

The controller then asked the crew of the Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-900 to join UT2 also via taxiway T in order to hold. The crew of the Boeing were unaware of the margin that remained behind their parked aeroplane. The Airbus crew estimated that this margin was small. The tip of the right wing of the Delta Air Lines aeroplane came into contact with the tail of the Air France aeroplane when passing behind it.