LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Airbus A380 superjumbo jet hit two light poles while taxiing to its gate at Los Angeles International Airport with hundreds of passengers aboard.
The Korean Air flight arrived from Seoul on Wednesday afternoon with 384 people aboard and an airport operations vehicle misguided the jet, which caused the incident, said airline spokeswoman Penny Pfaelzer.
The plane’s right wing was scratched, but no one was injured. Two 30-foot light poles were bent.
The A380 is the world’s largest commercial airliner, carrying passengers in a double-deck configuration. It has a wingspan of nearly 262 feet.
A Boeing 747 replaced the A380 for a flight to Seoul that was scheduled for late Wednesday night. The flight was delayed 11 hours and left Thursday morning.
This is the second incident at LAX involving the A380 and the third nationwide since the superjumbos began flying in the United States, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
In February, a Qantas A380 being towed on a maintenance ramp at LAX clipped a parked Qantas Boeing 747′s wing tip. No passengers were aboard, and both aircraft were removed from service.
【环球网综合报道】据美国《时代》周刊4月17日报道,载有384名乘客的大韩航空A380超大型客机在从洛杉矶国际机场远端滑行至对接舱门时撞上两个30英尺高的灯杆。据悉,飞机的右翼被划伤,但机上没有乘客受伤。
据报道,大韩航空的发言人普菲泽(Penny Pfaelzer)解释称,该航班16日下午从韩国首尔飞往美国洛杉矶,飞机在洛杉矶国际机场内运营车辆的引导下进入的滑行道宽度不够。
报道称,客机A380是目前世界上最大的双层双通道商用客机,机翼宽约262英尺(近80米)。
据报道,一架波音747取代了大韩航空A380原定于16日晚飞往韩国首尔的航班,该航班被延误了11个小时。(实习编辑:李慧 审稿:聂鲁彬)