Aeroflot Airbus A321 Damaged In Collision With Fuel Tanker
Today, August 1st, an Aeroflot Airbus A321 sustained damage when a fuel truck collided with it at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO). Photos circulating on the internet show a crumbled and half-flattened truck cabin beneath the A321. A long crack appears just behind the aircraft’s radome.
Incident details
According to a translated article from Russian site DixiNews, Sheremetyevo’s press team states that the aircraft was in a spare parking space where there were no crew or passengers on board.
Moscow emergency services via the source also stated that that the driver of the refueling truck was injured in the collision. Meanwhile, an Aeroflot spokesperson reports that the tanker had driven off of the airport’s special service road just before the crash. The aircraft’s parking location was specified as lot 173.
Details of the aircraft involved
The Airbus A321 is registered as VP-BAX and was bestowed the nickname Sviatoslav Richter, a prominent Russian pianist. The narrowbody aircraft joined the fleet along with another A321, VP-BAV, on August 24th, 2016.
“The airliners are designed in a new enhanced two class composition with 16 seats in business and 167 in economy. All A321 aircraft family are delivered to Aeroflot directly from the manufacturing plant in Hamburg. Aeroflot operates А321 aircraft across its European and domestic routes network.” -Aeroflot
According to data available from FlightRadar24.com, VP-BAX had most recently flown from Crimea’s Simferopol International Airport (SIP) in Ukraine. The aircraft departed SIP just before 02:30 this morning, arriving at Moscow Sheremetyevo ahead of schedule, just after 04:30 local time.
