TAP A320 at Rome on Nov 11th 2012, luggage handler died
Last Update: November 28, 2012 / 15:03:30 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 11, 2012
Classification
Accident
Airline
TAP Air Portugal
Flight number
TP-842
Departure
Lisbon, Portugal
Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Aircraft Registration
CS-TNL
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Italy's ANSV reported the handler was killed in the accident, the aircraft received substantial structural damage in the accident. The ANSV opened an investigation into the accident.
The French BEA reported on Nov 28th that the ground operator started to position the luggage transloader to the rear luggage door, when the loader went up, hit the luggage door and jammed the ground operator between the loader and the luggage door.
A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration CS-TNT performed return flight TP-843 and reached Lisbon with a delay of 6.5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 11, 2012
Classification
Accident
Airline
TAP Air Portugal
Flight number
TP-842
Departure
Lisbon, Portugal
Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Aircraft Registration
CS-TNL
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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