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Stair car hits plane at Vietnam's biggest airport

Xinhua, September 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

A stair car on Friday ran into the wing of an Airbus plane operated by Jetstar Pacific, in the latest collision between a ground service vehicle and an aircraft in Vietnam, local online newspaper Tuoi Tre (Youth) News reported.

The Jetstar Pacific flight BL570 was about to taxi at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday morning when the stair car hit its left wing and damaged its tip.

The flight bound for the Central Highlands city of Buon Ma Thuot was thus delayed and passengers had to leave the aircraft to wait for its repairs.

A Jetstar Pacific representative confirmed that the ground service vehicle is also under its management, adding that the wing of the Airbus plane was only slightly damaged.

The airline says the accident was not serious and it took only two to three hours to fix the components with support from the French planemaker's technical team. Endi