On the 21st of March, an All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 767-300F that was scheduled to operate a flight to Shanghai began pushing back when its tail hit a parked FedEx McDonnell Douglas MD-11F at Tokyo Narita airport.
Data shows the ANA Boeing 767 was registered JA605F and the FedEx MD-11 was registered N623FE.
The pictures below highlight the areas damaged, being the rudder of the ANA Boeing 767 and number two engine of the FedEx MD-11F.
Narita Havalimanı'nda ANA Cargo'a ait B763F tipi JA605F tescilli uçak NH8517 Şangay seferi için push-back yaparken, park halindeki FedEx'e ait MD-11F tipi N623FE tescilli uçağa çarptı
ANA uçağının dikey stabilizer, FedEx uçağının 3. motoru hasar aldı
[via FlyTeam Jp] pic.twitter.com/J7XBJb8I4h— HavArenaMedya (@HavArenaMedya) March 22, 2019
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism as well as the Narita International Airport Company (NAA) have launched an investigation.
Photo: @JacdecNew
Preliminary details outline the driver of the tow vehicle failing to notice the ground crew’s stop signal. Not noticing the MD-11F, the driver instructed the ANA 767 pilots that they were clear and pushback could be initiated.
As the accident happened on the taxiway, there was no impact on the Tokyo/Narita International Airport operations.
No ground crew were injured during the incident.
very informative information thx