A British Airways Boeing 747 was smashed during taxiing at Johannesburg airport.
A British Airways jet crashed last night as it was about to take-off–meanwhile stuck into the two-storey building, leaving four airport officials injured. The B747-400 aircraft was cleared to take-off from the Runway 03L—Stated by South African Civil Aviation Authority’s (SACAA).
It is said: that the reason for this crash may be the narrower taxi way-caused the aircraft bumped on the office building at the rear. Although, it was assured to SACAA that the Air Traffic Control instructed the craft to taxi using taxiway B. As crew approached taxiway M it was realized that the way is squeezed but at that time aircraft crashed due to lack of space and clipped one of its wings.
185 Passengers along with 17 crew members were escaped safely from door no 5. Injured are in hospitals for a quick recovery. Though the passengers are well-accommodated in hotels and will be allocated in alternative flight.
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British Airways and South African Civil Aviation Authority are in joint collaboration to deal with the incident while the Full investigation has been launched into the incident.
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