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Emirates Airbus A380 taken out of service by a catering truck
Of all the things that can disable a $300 million plane - a broken catering truck has to be one of the more embarrassing.Sadly, this is the fate of Emirates A6-EDE, the seventeenth Airbus A380, delivered to the airline in April of 2009.
During a routine catering delivery at Toronto airport, the scissor lift on the truck broke, smashing the truck body onto the wing of the jet.
The plane has been taken out of service while repairs are made to the damaged wing. No passengers were on the aircraft at the time and the exact extent of the damage has not yet been determined, but repairs are estimated to take several weeks. For more photos of the incident, head on over to Cargolaw.com.
Thankfully for Emirates, they have another 89 Airbus A380's in operation or on order.
Filed under: North America, Canada, Airlines, Airports
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John Dec 19th 2010 5:21PM
Expensive. If this happens to a B787 or and A350 in the future the wing will likely be a write off as carbon fibre is not so easily repaired as lithium aluminium.
Eager Traveler Dec 19th 2010 7:21PM
Clearly the Canadian Gov"t caused this due to the current landing rights dispute. :)