Final Report B738 (EI-EGD) & Vehicle, London Stansted, 4 October 2023
Final Report B738 (EI-EGD) & Vehicle, London Stansted, 4 October 2023
On 4 October 2023, a Boeing 737-800 which had just landed at London Stansted was turning off a taxiway to reach its allocated gate when it was hit by a ground vehicle which had been driving along a roadway parallel to the taxiway the aircraft had been using prior to beginning its turn. The collision caused structural damage to the aircraft right wing leading edge and to the vehicle and was determined to have been caused by the driver’s inattention and/or a failure to anticipate that an arriving aircraft travelling in the same direction might turn right across the roadway.
