What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On may 5, 2025, united airline’s flight 877 privacy data omitted, San Francisco, CA (sfo) to hong kong (hkg), left wing was contacted by the right wing of united airline’s flight 863 privacy data omitted, San Francisco, CA (sfo) to sydney, australia (syd), during pushback.
Flight 863 operated on a privacy data omitted and flight 877 operated on a privacy data omitted. Following pushback from gate G2 to the north centerline, the left wing of aircraft privacy data omitted was struck by the right wing of aircraft privacy data omitted as it was being pushed back from gate G6 to the south centerline. Both aircraft were cleared to push and were still connected to the tug when the incident occurred.
Event handled through gsap program.
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 5, 2025, UNITED AIRLINE’S FLIGHT 877 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SAN FRANCISCO, CA (SFO) TO HONG KONG (HKG), LEFT WING WAS CONTACTED BY THE RIGHT WING OF UNITED AIRLINE’S FLIGHT 863 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SAN FRANCISCO, CA (SFO) TO SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (SYD), DURING PUSHBACK.
FLIGHT 863 OPERATED ON A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND FLIGHT 877 OPERATED ON A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. FOLLOWING PUSHBACK FROM GATE G2 TO THE NORTH CENTERLINE, THE LEFT WING OF AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS STRUCK BY THE RIGHT WING OF AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS IT WAS BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE G6 TO THE SOUTH CENTERLINE. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE CLEARED TO PUSH AND WERE STILL CONNECTED TO THE TUG WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.
EVENT HANDLED THROUGH GSAP PROGRAM.
Other aircraft in the event · 1
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