If it is not a major engine failure then it’s something else that continuously brings the A380 into the news. This time an Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft has been damaged by a catering truck collapsing on to the right wing.
The aircraft (A6-EDE) had been parked up at gate 173 at Toronto airport. The catering truck’s scissor lift was reported to have collapsed at 19:44 on 7th December whist it was servicing the upper deck. The aircraft was being serviced for its return flight to Dubai.
Emirates A380 aircraft wing damaged
Transport Canada investigators state, in an incident filing, that the aircraft was being prepared for a return service to Dubai and that the catering truck was servicing the upper deck at the time.
According to the filed report to the Transport Canada investigators the truck body collapsed on the leading edge of the starboard wing and wing root. The aircraft has now been taken out of service whist the damage is investigated.
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