Poor lighting and signage led to BA 747 wing smash

BA Wing Strike Johannesburg

​Poor signage and taxiway lighting at Johannesburg contributed to a British Airways Boeing 747-400 crew’s inadvertently following a narrow taxiway before the jet’s wing sliced into a service building.

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