IRS F100 at Lagos on Oct 10th 2012, wing tip contacted stationary truck while taxiing
Last Update: October 11, 2012 / 10:38:15 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 10, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
IRS Airlines
Flight number
LVB-3306
Departure
Lagos, Nigeria
Destination
Abuja, Nigeria
Aircraft Registration
5N-SAT
Aircraft Type
Fokker 100
ICAO Type Designator
F100
The airport confirmed a minor collision on the apron, the operation of the airport was not affected. The airport authority later added, that the sewage tanker had gone off the road on Tuesday (Oct 9th) and became stuck in the drainage ditch at the taxiway ramp. The following morning at 07:45L the aircraft continued to taxi past the truck, the wing contacted a section of the truck however. The incident has been reported to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and Accident Investigation Board, workers are on standby to pull the truck out as soon as the preliminary investigation by the agencies has been concluded.
Nigeria's Emergency Management Agency said, the damage was similiar to a scratch in a car when the wing tip contacted a stationary truck near a cargo loading area on Lagos' apron.
The airline reported the crew observed the gully emptier truck in a ditch, no marshaller or marking were around indicating the truck encroached the taxi way. The crew continued taxi, the wing tip however contacted a protrusion from the rear of the truck. The captain therefore requested to return to the gate. A replacement aircraft subsequently performed the flight with a delay of 2.5 hours.
This event, although usually outside the coverage of The Aviation Herald, was included because some Nigerian Media (and global media copying/pasting those reports) tell fairy tales that the aircraft was attempting takeoff when it collided with a truck on the runway and lost half of its right hand wing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 10, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
IRS Airlines
Flight number
LVB-3306
Departure
Lagos, Nigeria
Destination
Abuja, Nigeria
Aircraft Registration
5N-SAT
Aircraft Type
Fokker 100
ICAO Type Designator
F100
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