40.7242° N, 74.1726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 31, 2006 · 18:30 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
DLAF
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
DABVY
Reported as
Boeing 747430
People aboard
312
Fatal injuries
0
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) privacy data omitted lufthansa 403, a B747-430, was taxiing to runway 22 on taxiway s when the left winglet of the B-747 struck and severed the right winglet of a Continental airlines B-757 that was under tow, but stopped on diverging taxiway a.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LUFTHANSA 403, A B747-430, WAS TAXIING TO RUNWAY 22 ON TAXIWAY S WHEN THE LEFT WINGLET OF THE B-747 STRUCK AND SEVERED THE RIGHT WINGLET OF A CONTINENTAL AIRLINES B-757 THAT WAS UNDER TOW, BUT STOPPED ON DIVERGING TAXIWAY A.