14-07-2025
Akasa Air aircraft wing damaged after cargo vehicle collision at Mumbai Airport
An Akasa Air aircraft sustained damage to its right winglet at Mumbai Airport on Monday morning when a cargo vehicle, operated by Bird Group's Bird Worldwide Flight Services, collided with it. The incident occurred after flight QP-1736 arrived from Bangalore, and while offloading baggage and cargo.
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A Bird Group's cargo vehicle hit the wing of a stationary Akasa Air aircraft at Mumbai Airport on Monday, causing some damage to the right winglet, sources told there was no impact to passengers or the employees in the incident, which took place early morning on Monday after the airline's flight QP-1736 arrived here from Bangalore and the baggage and cargo were being offloaded, they driver of the cargo truck apparently misjudged the height of the Boeing 737-Max aircraft's wing, leading to the vehicle clipping with the aircraft's wing, according to sources."A third party ground handler, while operating a cargo truck, came in contact with an Akasa Air aircraft that was parked at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai. The aircraft is currently undergoing a thorough inspection," Akasa Air said in a airline also said that it is investigating the incident with the third party ground Bird Group's company, Bird Worldwide Flight Services carries out the ground handling functions for Akasa Air.
