Toulouse. After hitting a building with its wing, this Airbus can already take off again
By Thibaut Calatayud
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It flies again! After an incident that occurred on Monday, December 12, 2022, on the Toulouse-Blagnac airport platformIAirbus A330neo the company Condor was able to return to the air this Friday, December 16.
The plane was able to pick up
As a reminder, when towing, the wing of the plane had struck an Airbus building.
No one was injured in this incident. A few hours after the incident, the aircraft manufacturer indicated that the damage to the tip of the wing and to the building was “being assessed”.
“We are in close contact with our client (Condor, editor’s note).”
Finally, the damage to the aircraft may well be minimal. Indeed, this Friday, December 16, the A330-900 was back in the Toulouse sky. The long haul was able to resume flight testing.
The A330neo should be in service before the end of the year
Before the incident, the commissioning of this device with an explosive look was planned before the end of the year. His first destinations were to beMAURITIUS ISLAND and the Maldives.
Did the collision force Condor to modify his plans? Mystery. The delivery date of the plane remains, for the time being, unknown.
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