This Airport Vehicle Just Killed Serene Air’s Brand New $80 Million Aircraft

[SherDil]

Pakistan’s newest airline, Serene Air, which launched with much hype and fanfare has hit a bit of a wall. Or in this particular case, an errant airport vehicle.



As you can see from the images below, the company’s brand new Boeing Jet B737-800 was rammed by an airport vehicle in an accident, putting it out of commission. Initial reports suggest that the vehicle was operated by the Islamabad Ground Crew (Royal Airport Services).

It is still too soon to assess the true extent of the damage or whether it’s just cosmetic (easier to repair) or serious (mechanical damage).

Just to impress upon you the scale of this mess up, the jet costs upwards of $80 million and made its maiden flight roughly one week ago. People have appreciated Serene Air’s services and quality so we really hope that the damage isn’t too severe.

Here are some images of the plane and the freak accident.

https://propakistani.pk/2017/02/06/...ed-serene-airs-brand-new-80-million-aircraft/

 

[SherDil]

@Doordie @Mentee @war&peace @Indus Falcon @Zarvan

What the he** is going on....

 

[Suff Shikan]

looks like to me its done deliberately

 

[Mrc]

looks like to me its done deliberately

Thats is true...

 

[Goenitz]

I suspect its a deliberate attempt to malign the Sareen repu.
Even a blind man can drive more carefully than this. Come one, its a huge plane u r hitting not a side post.

 

[Little Falcon]

What the hell was the driving thinking. And this looks an intentional crash.

 

[ali_raza]

sad incident abd done by non other then shujat azeem's royal airport company

 

[untitled]

The vehicle in question is a towing tug car. Seems like the driver was made the mistake. Instead of hooking up with the aircraft he side swiped it

 

[graphican]

That is funny... Now let the aircraft fly with this car submerged in it.

 

[Trumpcard]

What's going to happen to the driver now? But the incident is kind of funny!!

 

[PakSword]

I thank Allah for the minor damage.. This can be surely repaired within the country.

Don't you guys know the kind of crooks we have in our government, who are running airline as well? They could have done some other damage to the plane that would have destroyed the plane while in flight.

 

[rashid.sarwar]

Isn't the front gear too short.........................?????

 

[dray]

This looks like a serious damage.

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

Insurance will cover it.

 

[Hyde]

Reversing the vehicle without checking mirrors is always very dangerous