What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Atlas air (uiea) charter flight 8088, a B-747-400, registration number N465MC, operating a revenue flight from Baltimore Washington international airport, Maryland (bwi) to ramstein air base, germany (etar) made contact with miami air (mywa), an B-737-800, registration number N750MA.
According to the air carrier reports and aircraft maintenance records the uiea aircraft pushed back from gate E3 onto the northwest cargo ramp. The ground crew disconnected the tug/towbar and the uiea crew was then signaled taxi clearance. During initial taxi towards taxiway ?aa? The uiea B-747-400 right wingtip made contact with the aft outboard quadrant of the right horizontal stabilizer of the mywa aircraft which was parked on the hardstand nosed into the southwest edge of the cargo ramp.
Uiea aircraft returned to the gate and offloaded approximately 400 passengers.
As the FAA filed it
ATLAS AIR (UIEA) CHARTER FLIGHT 8088, A B-747-400, REGISTRATION NUMBER N465MC, OPERATING A REVENUE FLIGHT FROM BALTIMORE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MARYLAND (BWI) TO RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, GERMANY (ETAR) MADE CONTACT WITH MIAMI AIR (MYWA), AN B-737-800, REGISTRATION NUMBER N750MA.
ACCORDING TO THE AIR CARRIER REPORTS AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS THE UIEA AIRCRAFT PUSHED BACK FROM GATE E3 ONTO THE NORTHWEST CARGO RAMP. THE GROUND CREW DISCONNECTED THE TUG/TOWBAR AND THE UIEA CREW WAS THEN SIGNALED TAXI CLEARANCE. DURING INITIAL TAXI TOWARDS TAXIWAY ?AA? THE UIEA B-747-400 RIGHT WINGTIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE AFT OUTBOARD QUADRANT OF THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF THE MYWA AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE HARDSTAND NOSED INTO THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF THE CARGO RAMP.
UIEA AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE AND OFFLOADED APPROXIMATELY 400 PASSENGERS.
Other aircraft in the event · 1
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Other reports on N465MC · 1
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