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What: Emirates Airlines Airbus A340-541 en route from Khartoum to Dubai
Where: Khartoum International Airport
When: Oct 1, 2010
Who: crew
Why: A parked Emirates Airbus A340 was preparing for takeoff when it was struck by the wing of a passing KLM Airbus A330-200.
Apparently the space is tight.
The extent of damage to the Emirates plane is being assessed.
The passengers were provided hotel accommodations in Khartoum overnight.
Austrian Airlines flight OS-418 made a safe emergency landing at Vienna International Airport, Schwechat, Austria, on October 1st.
Asiana Airlines flight OZ-551 made a safe emergency landing at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey, on August 13.
Onur Air flight 8Q-877 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Volgograd, Russia, on May 20th.
