Posted on 09/10/2024 1:06:38 PM PDT by george76
~30 years ago, I was on a KLM flight rolling on tarmac toward the takeoff runway, when we suddenly stopped. The pilot announced that “he may have clipped, the plane behind us ( Air France) which was pulled to the side. I looked out window and saw the far flap on the wing was bent out of shape. We sat for an hour until a truck escorted us back to terminal. The truck had to assure we weren’t leaking fuel.
The pilot was first to deplane. He was beet red as he left. He was then showing papers to local officials. That plane didn’t leave that evening. Probably lost a couple $ million revenue.
Not a good day
Who is at fault? Was it the smaller plane not being off the runway far enough or the bigger plane pilots not seeing this and/or the tower not seeing this?
Looks like plenty of blame to go around.
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