Ethiopian 787 hit lighting mast after being sent to wrong de-icing stand

Ethiopian collision Oslo

Source: Avinor

Norwegian investigators have revealed that a de-icing vehicle driver vainly attempted to stop an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-9 from taxiing onto the wrong de-icing stand, before the jet’s right wing struck and felled a lighting mast at Oslo Gardermoen.

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