Plane wing dented after crashing into a light pole at Tan Son Nhat airport

The aviation incident occurred on the afternoon of July 3rd at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City.

Accordingly, Boeing 777 aircraft EVA396, scheduled to depart at 4:34 PM on the same day from Tan Son Nhat Airport to Taiwan (China), crashed into a lighting pole while moving onto the runway at Tan Son Nhat Airport in preparation for takeoff.

The incident caused a section of the aircraft's wing to be dented and a streetlight pole to collapse.

An Eva Air plane experienced an incident at Tan Son Nhat airport on the afternoon of July 3rd. Photo: MQ.

Immediately afterwards, Tan Son Nhat International Airport and related units quickly coordinated to handle the situation. Fortunately, all passengers on the plane were safe.

The Southern Aviation Authority has also acknowledged the incident and promptly reported it to the Vietnam Civil Aviation Authority.

The cause of the incident is still being investigated.

Developments in the incidents of near-head-on collisions between planes

The near-collision between two aircraft on the morning of June 19th, involving a flight from Hanoi to Da Lat and another from Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hoa within the Ho Chi Minh Air Traffic Control (ACC) airspace, is not the first such incident in our country.

A plane flying from Hanoi to Can Tho had to turn back due to a dented nose and cracked windshield.

Mr. Tran Hoai Phuong, Director of the Northern Aviation Port Authority, has just announced that on May 19th, flight VN1207 from Hanoi to Can Tho had to turn back because the aircraft had a dented nose and cracked windows.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/may-bay-bi-mop-canh-vi-dam-cot-den-chieu-sang-trong-san-bay-tan-son-nhat-2298109.html