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Air carrier ground crew reported that while repositioning an aircraft in a remote parking location; the wing struck an adjacent parked aircraft. The crew reported that the move was done to fit more aircraft into the parking location.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1741022 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202004 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Winglet |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Aircraft |
Narrative:
[We were] asked to re-position an aircraft that was in storage; we moved it closer to aircraft X that was already in storage. They then asked us to move it even closer to aircraft X. While we were moving aircraft Y struck aircraft X. We felt comfortable with the first movement of aircraft Y; we all felt uncomfortable when [we were] asked to move it even closer to aircraft X.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier ground crew reported that while repositioning an aircraft in a remote parking location; the wing struck an adjacent parked aircraft. The crew reported that the move was done to fit more aircraft into the parking location.
Narrative: [We were] asked to re-position an aircraft that was in storage; We moved it closer to Aircraft X that was already in storage. They then asked us to move it even closer to Aircraft X. While we were moving Aircraft Y struck Aircraft X. We felt comfortable with the first movement of Aircraft Y; we all felt uncomfortable when [we were] asked to move it even closer to Aircraft X.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.