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Costly Mistake

What: SAS Airbus 321 en route from London to Copenhagen
Where: Heathrow airport
Who: 175 passengers
Why: The cart that crashed into an SAS plane at Heathrow caused £1 million worth in damage, all because driver Dennis Jackson had forgotten which vehicle he was driving when he drove a too tall vehicle under the plane’s too low tail. The SAS Airbus 321 impacted the rear of the craft near the fuel line and sliced through the plane. The plane was subsequently evacuated.

Jackson’s employer Dnata gave him a written warning.

It was, as one attorney said, an “expensive accident,” costing a fine of a week’s wages, £150(fees), £85 (costs) and £15 (victim surcharge).

The official ATSB Report

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