cumbersome incident in the Barcelona-El Prat airport: a airbus plane of the company AirSenegal collided sideways with a truck of large dimensions. The events occurred at noon this Tuesday, when the aircraft was preparing for takeoff. The passengers had to be evacuated and the flight was cancelled.
While the plane was going backwards, the strong impact occurred, Betevé reported. The collision between one of the wings of the aircraft and the vehicle left the truck suspended on two side wheels.
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The incident did not cause injuries, but it did force all the passengers who were inside the aircraft to disembark, which had to fly from Barcelona towards Dakar. The damage in the device forced to cancel the flight.
A Twitter account that collects information about the El Prat airport shared several images that show how shocking and cumbersome the accident was. According to several sources, there were some moments of tension between the personnel who were on the runway and during the disembarkation of the passengers.
⚠️ This morning an Air Senegal Airbus A319-111 (6V-AMB) covering the Barcelona-Dakar route hit a truck with its left wing while doing the pushback.
? Author unknown. pic.twitter.com/1Rg2jcP7yp
– Barcelona-El Prat Airport (@Aeropuerto_BCN) August 30, 2022