Danzig: Again a ground vehicle crashes a Wizz Air Airbus

Wizzair logo on an Airbus jet (Photo: Jan Gruber).
Wizzair logo on an Airbus jet (Photo: Jan Gruber).

Danzig: Again a ground vehicle crashes a Wizz Air Airbus

Wizzair logo on an Airbus jet (Photo: Jan Gruber).
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For the second time within a few weeks, a plane belonging to the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air made involuntary acquaintance with a ground vehicle at Gdansk Airport. This time on Saturday a service vehicle crashed into the A320neo with the registration HA-LJC.

It wasn't that long ago stuck a vehicle, which is responsible for the on-board water, under an Airbus from Wizz Air. This incident also took place at the Polish airport in Gdansk. The jet was damaged by and had to be repaired.

This time the carrier actually wanted to fly the HA-LJC to Dortmund. But a ground service vehicle crashed into the nose of the Airbus A320neo. As a result, a medium-haul jet that was only delivered in April 2020 was damaged. At the time of the collision, the aircraft was standing still and was preparing to fly.

How the accident came about is still unclear. However, photos show snow and ice on the apron. This could possibly have played a role. Wizz Air operated the flight to Dortmund with a replacement machine. How badly the HA-LJC is damaged is not yet known. In view of two incidents at the same airport with the same airline, we can only hope that Gdansk Airport is well insured ...

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