Amaszonas Uruguay CRJ2 at Montevideo on Nov 9th 2017, tyre explosion on the ground causes amputation of both legs of ground worker
Last Update: November 11, 2017 / 14:18:07 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 9, 2017
Classification
Accident
Airline
Amaszonas Uruguay
Flight number
Z8-749
Departure
Asuncion, Paraguay
Destination
Montevideo, Uruguay
Aircraft Registration
CX-SDU
Aircraft Type
Canadair Corporate Jetliner
ICAO Type Designator
CRJ2
The airline confirmed the accident (without identifying the flight/aircraft) reporting the ground worker was taken to a military hospital, where he underwent surgery resulting in the amputation of both legs. The airline stopped operation for the entire Friday (Nov 10th) and expects to resume operations on Saturday (Nov 11th). An investigation into the accident has been opened.
At the time of the accident two CRJ-200s of Amaszonas Group were on the ground in Montevideo, CX-SDU (landed at about 21:40L arriving from Asuncion and scheduled to continue to Cordoba) and CX-LVA (landed at about 21:55L arriving from Buenos Aires scheduled to overnight at Montevideo). Local information indicated the accident aircraft was scheduled to continue to Cordoba.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 9, 2017
Classification
Accident
Airline
Amaszonas Uruguay
Flight number
Z8-749
Departure
Asuncion, Paraguay
Destination
Montevideo, Uruguay
Aircraft Registration
CX-SDU
Aircraft Type
Canadair Corporate Jetliner
ICAO Type Designator
CRJ2
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