2007 Singapore Changi Airport Taxiway Collision
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 4, 2007 |
| Summary | Pilot error |
| Site | Singapore Changi Airport Taxiway C1 / C2 |
| Total fatalities | 0 |
| Total injuries | 0 |
| Total survivors | All, 464 |
| First aircraft | |
.jpg) 9V-SVH, the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-212ER involved in the accident | |
| Type | Boeing 777-212ER |
| Operator | Singapore Airlines |
| Registration | 9V-SVH |
| Flight origin | Singapore Changi Airport Changi, Singapore |
| Destination | Leonardo da Vinci Airport Rome, Italy |
| Passengers | 152 |
| Crew | 15 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | All, 167 |
| Second aircraft | |
,_Singapore_Airlines_JP290273a.jpg) 9V-SVO, the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-212ER involved in the accident | |
| Type | Boeing 777-212ER |
| Operator | Singapore Airlines |
| Registration | 9V-SVO |
| Flight origin | Singapore Changi Airport Changi, Singapore |
| Destination | Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Passengers | 282 |
| Crew | 15 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | All, 297 |
Two Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-212ER aircraft were departing from Singapore Changi Airport in the early morning of 4 August 2007. Singapore Airlines Flight 366 / SQ366 (9V-SVH) was taxiing along Taxiway C1 and Singapore Airlines Flight 352 / SQ352 (9V-SVO) was being pushed back from Bay F37. When the crew of 9V-SVH saw 9V-SVO ahead of them and to their left, they stopped and queried Ground Control about their taxi clearance. They were told to continue to taxi past the other aircraft if they had sufficient clearance. The Pilot-in-Command (PIC) of 9V-SVH judged that they had sufficient clearance from the other aircraft and continued to taxi. However, their aircraft’s left wing hit the right wing of 9V-SVO at about 0103 hrs (SST).[1]
The Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore classified the occurrence as an incident and instituted an investigation.[1]
This incident was the 1st taxiway collision accident occurred in Singapore Changi airport, the 2nd taxiway collision accident was 10 years later involving Scoot and Emirates on March 30th, 2017.
Aircraft information[edit]
Singapore Airlines Flight 366 / SQ366 (9V-SVH) and Singapore Airlines Flight 352 / SQ352 (9V-SVO) had valid Certificates of Airworthiness. 9V-SVH had a deferred defect on the right bleed pressure sensor while 9V-SVO had no deferred defects. [1]
Meteorological information[edit]
Weather condition was clear with no precipitation.[1] Visibility was reported as more than 10 km and wind from south at 4 knots.[1]
Aircraft damage[edit]
Singapore Airlines Flight 366 / SQ366 (9V-SVH) had left hand wingtip, No.1 leading edge slat damaged, surrounding fiberglass panels were broken and wing fiberglass panels below the leading edge slat were also damaged.[1]
Singapore Airlines Flight 352 / SQ352 (9V-SVO) had right hand wingtip leading edge damaged.[1] Trailing edge fiberglass honeycomb was broken, with about 100 sq cm of material missing. Furthermore, right hand aileron was damaged at the outboard edge with about 130 sq cm missing.[1]
Conclusions[edit]
The Ground Controller was aware of the lack of clearance between aircraft being pushed back from Bay F37 and another aircraft taxiing along Taxiway C1 but nevertheless gave the clearance to 9V-SVH to continue its taxi past 9V-SVO.[1]
References[edit]
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