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Pilots forget the brake: Singapore Airlines A380 reverses towards the runway

The incident took place on Monday at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India. A flight attendant was slightly injured.

A plane is almost like a car: when it is stopped, you have to apply the handbrake… This is what the pilots of this Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 seem to have forgotten this Monday.

After landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, once stopped, the pilots did not properly apply the parking brakes before shutting down the engines as necessary.

As the “taxi road” (the path to reach the landing zone) is slightly inclined to evacuate rainwater, the jumbojet began to slowly move backwards.

rare incident

The pilots then immediately applied the brakes and ground crew towed the plane to the gate.

“A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380, operating flight SQ406 from Singapore to New Delhi, rolled over after parking. The pilot immediately applied the brakes to stop the plane. Once the plane came to a stop, the pilots informed control. air traffic control and ground personnel safely towed the plane to its designated parking location. All passengers disembarked from the plane normally with no injuries reported,” the company wrote in a statement.

There were no injuries among the 459 passengers, but “one member of the cabin crew suffered a slight bruise to the thigh, received medical treatment and was cleared to return to work,” continues Singapore Airlines, which apologizes to its customers for this. made. rare incident.

Author: Olivier Chicheportiche
Source: BFM TV

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