Brussels Airlines's A330 hits a lighting pole at Kigali (Rwanda), during the push back
Brussels Airlines safe landing at Brussels, 05 December 2013 : HERE
Incident on 07 November 2014 sn1453 : HERE
Here are two pictures sent by Steven (thanks a lot ;)). On the two pictures, we can see RwandAir, KLM, Brussels Airlines engineers who are checking the wing.
There is also Rwanda Civil Aviation Auhority staff who is writing the incident report. The A330 have been stucked for 5 hours, before to be towed to the maintenance area.
A Brussels Airlines's A330 at Dakar (Senegal), by Egide Mugande.
08/02/2013 [LAST UPDATE on 10/02/2013]
The A330 invovled in the incident at Kigali on 08/02/2013, left Kigali to Brussels early in the afternoon , after repair. It operates flight as BEL 9964, without passengers.
According to some informations arriving from Nairobi and Kigali, a Brussels Airlines's A330-200 (OO-SFZ) which operates the flight SN 463 Brussels Kigali Nairobi Brussels is stucking at Kigali.
According to Brussels Airlines, the aircarft hit a lighting pole, during the push back. The aircraft is still at Kigali for repair.
Most of passengers have transfered on RwandAir or Kenya Airways flights to Nairobi. Flight SN 465 to Kigali, which is supposed to leave Brussels at 10 : 45 a.m, will take off at 17 : 00.
In 2008, a Kenya Airways's B777-200ER hit a lighting pole at Kigali : HERE
A découvrir aussi
- Rwanda Civil Aviation releases final report of Akagera Aviation crash in 2011
- Safe landing for a Brussels Airlines A330 departing to Kigali, after a burst on a nose gear tyre
- MH17 : Statement from Eugène-Richard Gasana the Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations and president of UN Council