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Fiumicino: crash between two planes on runway

Rome, Italy - Two Alitalia aircraft collided during towing operation before taking-iff, unhurt the passengers

Only a big fear and some damages to the wings for the two aircraft, but fortunately no-one have been injured on the crash of this morning in a runway of Fiumicino airport "Leonardo da Vinci" (Rome). As far as we know two MD-80 aircraft collided during towing operation, before the taxiing operation, and they were both to take-off, directed one to Turin and one to Brusselles. Moments of big scare for...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 147452
Rome, Italy, 08/24/2006 12:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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