Date: | 29-JUL-2020 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing 777-3F2ER |
Owner/operator: | Turkish Airlines |
Registration: | TC-LJC |
C/n / msn: | 44123/1337 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | Lagos Murtala Mohammed International Airport – Nigeria |
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Passenger – Scheduled |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: |
Narrative:
A Middle East Airlines Airbus A330-243 (OD-MEA) struck the APU of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-300ER (TC-LJC) at Lagos Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Nigeria.
The Boeing 777 had arrived at Lagos at 14:22 UTC as flight TK6108 from Istanbul, Turkey. The A330 landed at 14:59 as flight ME571 from Beirut.
The B777 was parked the gate as the A330 was taxiing past. The left-hand winglet cut through the underside of the APU section of the B777.