Description

On 26 December 2016, an Airbus A340-300 (OY-KBC) being repositioned out of service by towing at Copenhagen in normal day (but twilight) visibility was in collision with an Avro RJ100 ( SE-DST) which had just arrived from Gothenburg on a non-revenue positioning flight and which had stopped short of its assigned parking stand to await stand entry guidance. Both aircraft were damaged, the Avro sustaining substantial damage to its empennage and the A340 minor damage to its right wingtip.

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the Aviation Unit of the Danish Accident Investigation Board. Data from the Avro SSCVR were recovered but found to be of no use as the controlling circuit breaker had not been tripped after the collision and the recording only commenced 23 minutes after it had occurred. However, ATC communications and A-SMGCS data and Security Camera recordings were available. It was determined that the prevailing weather conditions “had no influence on the sequence of events” and noted that appropriate aerodrome charts had been available to both the Avro flight crew and the A340 tug driver. However, it was also noted that natural light levels were low and 'night' conditions were imminent at the time of the collision.