A Thai Airways Boeing 747 amputated the tail of an Air France regional jet in Spain on July 15.
News report from MCOT, Thailand (
http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=23353 ):
Ill-fated THAI flight to arrive Bangkok after Spanish incident
BANGKOK, July 16 (TNA) -- A Thai Airways International (THAI) plane which accidentally collided on Saturday with a parked aircraft belonging to Air France at Spain's Madrid airport will arrive at Don Muang International Airport Sunday evening.
Flying Officer Surapol Isarangkul Na Ayutthaya, director of the THAI Crisis Management and Operations Centre, said the pre-takeoff accident occurred as a THAI Boeing 747-400 with 240 passengers was taxiing on a runway at Madrid airport, about to depart for Bangkok, when its right wingtip struck the wing of a stationary Fokker aircraft belonging to the French national carrier.
Aviation authorities are conducting an investigation into the accident.
There were no casualties in the incident, but some of the 240 passengers deplaned and continued their journey with other airlines, according to a THAI statement.
Repairs on the THAI aircraft were completed and the flight is due to arrive at Bangkok's Don Muang International Airport at 6pm today, according to Flying Officer Surapol.
Oops, indeed!