Accident to the Boeing 777 registered F-GZNT and the Airbus A320 registered F-GKXJ, operated by Air France, on 05/11/2016 at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle

Vol AD Paris Charles de Gaulle (95) - AD Tunis (Tunisie).

L'Airbus A320 F-GKXJ (vol AF1084) roule vers le point d'arrêt T4 via le taxiway R. Il s'engage sur la bretelle qui mène au point d'arrêt T4 et s'arrête derrière un Aiburs A319 en attente à T4. Le Boeing 777 F-GZNT tracté vers le parking M10 arrive derrière eux et reçoit l'ordre du contrôleur sol de s'arrêter derrière le F-GKXJ. Quelques minutes plus tard, le contrôleur demande au tractiste s’il peut passer derrière le F-GKXJ. L’agent dans le poste de pilotage du F-GZNT responsable de la radio répond qu’il demande au tractiste. Ce dernier lui répond qu’il va avancer tout doucement et serrer à droite et commence à avancer. L’aile gauche du F-GZNT heurte la dérive du F-GKXJ, et le tractiste s’arrête quelques mètres plus loin.

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Flight from Paris Charles-de-Gaulle AD  to Tunis AD

The Airbus A320 performing flight AF1084 bound for Tunis was taxiing towards the T4 holding point via taxiway R. It entered the taxiway that leads to the T4 holding point and stopped behind an Airbus A319 holding at T4. The Boeing 777 registered F-GZNT being towed towards the M10 parking area arrived behind it and received an order from the ground controller to stop behind AF1084. A few minutes later, the controller asked the tow vehicle driver if he could pass behind the A320. The agent in the F-GZNT cockpit, who was responsible for the radio, answered that he would ask his driver (the tow vehicle driver). The latter answered that he was going to move forward slowly and keep to the right and started to advance.  F-GZNT’s left wing struck the tail of F-GKXJ, and the tow vehicle driver stopped a few metres further on.