- Date
- July 17, 2023, 01:30 local (Jul 16, 2023, 22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Phase of flight
- Pushback/towing
- Aircraft
- OE-LRGBoeing 747N918FDBoeing 757-23A
- Defining event
- Pushback/tow-engine start-up: Ground collision
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Aircraft safety Investigation Authority Israel (AIAI)
- Case key
- 192633
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Boeing 747
Ground collisionAll aircraft: 618 casesDefining event
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- OE-LRG
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Challenge Belgium
- Registered owner
- Challenge Belgium
- Registration
- N918FD
- Reported as
- Boeing 757-23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24290
- Built
- 1989
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Federal Express Corp
- Registered owner
- Federal Express Corp
N918FDRegistered now · Boeing 757-23AAirframe modelBoeing 757-23AEngine modelRolls-Royce RB211-535E4 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.