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Damaged on Departure

Steve Scott

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

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Ground incidents place air safety at risk Setting aside failure to de-ice and engine failure on takeoff, aviation is replete with stories of aircraft damaged on the ground before departure (or otherwise made unairworthy) that nevertheless got to where they were going. In some incidents, such as the one described below, crews were blissfully but dangerously unaware of any pre-departure damage or unserviceability. 747 hits de-ice truck and departs The right wing of a Singapore International Airlines (SIA) B747-400 struck…

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