Air travel is on a halt for most of the businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost all of the planes right now are parked on the tarmac waiting for the day when it will be allowed to fly again.
Unfortunately, while planes are idle in the parking lots, there are still misfortunes happening. On April 30, 2020 in Qatar Hamad International Airport, due to high winds and stormy weather, a Boeing 787-800 plane was rotated 90 degrees then hitting another Airbus 350-900 parked next to it.
Latest photos of @qatatairways collided @Boeing 787-800 with @Airbus 350-900 due to stormy weather in Doha
— Cranfield Analyst (@CranfieldA) May 2, 2020
yesterday ..#aviation #avgeek #qatarairways @qatarairways
#airport pic.twitter.com/7eVa76nsPx
According to Cranfield Analyst, at the time of the incident reported winds gusting from around 19kt (35 km/h) to 61kt (113 km/h). Note that an empty Boeing 787-8 is approximately 118 tonnes.
The actual CCTV footage of the incident
It happened yesterday, April 30 in Doha: a parked 787 Dreamliner Qatar Airways was pushed into a parked A350 by strong winds during a storm. Video received from a friend. @jonostrower @AirlineFlyer @winglets747 @brandonsblog @WandrMe @SpaethFlies @flightradar24 @MaxK_J @A350Blog pic.twitter.com/7zojpTQo0X
— Aeronews (@AeronewsGlobal) May 1, 2020
Similar incident happened in Tokyo Narita Airport
Similar incident happened few weeks prior to above incident as well in Tokyo Narita Airport where a parked Japan Airlines Boeing 737 rotated as well due to high winds causing damage to its wings after contacting jetway.
Japan Airlines Boeing 737-800 (JA310J) was caught by gale-force winds whilst parked empty at Toky-Narita Airport (RJAA), Japan and turned 90° around. The left wingtip contacted the jetway causing damage.https://t.co/br8aPJ6EvZ pic.twitter.com/7kqzDSy0XF
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) April 14, 2020
Those are definitely very strong winds!
Stay safe everyone!
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