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

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 9, 2017

Classification
Accident

Flight number
Z8-749

Aircraft Registration
CX-SDU

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ2

An Amaszonas Uruguay Canadair CRJ-200, registration CX-SDU performing flight Z8-749 from Asuncion (Paraguay) to Montevideo (Uruguay), had completed the flight with a safe landing and was parked at the gate to prepare for the departure to Cordoba,CD (Argentina) as flight Z8-718. Ground workers were attending the aircraft when one of the main tyres blew at about 22:00L (01:00Z Nov 10th) causing serious injuries to a ground worker and damage to another aircraft parked next to the occurrence aircraft.

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

Flight number
Z8-749

Aircraft Registration
CX-SDU

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ2

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