SPIRIT AIRLINES jet with 162 aboard collides with US AIRWAYS plane
A Spirit Airlines plane carrying 162 passengers had a lucky escape on New Year’s Eve when it clipped another jet minutes after touching down at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida.
After a comfortable landing, the Spirit Airlines Airbus A-320 was taxiing to its gate when its left wing smashed into a US Airways Airbus A-320, which was parked in a remote area away from the gate where aircraft are stored overnight. No one was on board the US Airways flight at the time.
‘After landing and while taxiing to the gate, our aircraft made contact with another parked aircraft,’ said Spirit spokeswoman Misty Pinson. ‘There were no injuries and customers deplaned at the gate as normal.’
A spokesperson for Spirit has confirmed that all 162 passengers on board got off at the gate as normal, and the plane has returned to service
Authorities say the US Airways aircraft was left with a gash in its tail section. Firefighters were called to the scene, but there was no fuel leaking from either aircraft.
While the Spirit aircraft has already resumed flying, the US Airways plane is out of service for inspection and repair of its damaged tail cone.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255887/Spirit-Airlines-jet-carrying-162-passengers-clips-plane-landing-Florida-airport-leaves-hole-tail-section.html
A Spirit Airlines plane carrying 162 passengers had a lucky escape on New Year’s Eve when it clipped another jet minutes after touching down at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida.
After a comfortable landing, the Spirit Airlines Airbus A-320 was taxiing to its gate when its left wing smashed into a US Airways Airbus A-320, which was parked in a remote area away from the gate where aircraft are stored overnight. No one was on board the US Airways flight at the time.
‘After landing and while taxiing to the gate, our aircraft made contact with another parked aircraft,’ said Spirit spokeswoman Misty Pinson. ‘There were no injuries and customers deplaned at the gate as normal.’
A spokesperson for Spirit has confirmed that all 162 passengers on board got off at the gate as normal, and the plane has returned to service
Authorities say the US Airways aircraft was left with a gash in its tail section. Firefighters were called to the scene, but there was no fuel leaking from either aircraft.
While the Spirit aircraft has already resumed flying, the US Airways plane is out of service for inspection and repair of its damaged tail cone.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255887/Spirit-Airlines-jet-carrying-162-passengers-clips-plane-landing-Florida-airport-leaves-hole-tail-section.html