A333 wing hit B744 tail at Goa Airport

A Transaero Airlines Boeing 747-400, flight UN542 from Goa (India) to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia) with 306 people on board, was waiting to receive engine start up clearance, when the wing of a taxiing Iberworld Airbus A330-300 on behalf of Thomas Cook, registration EC-KCP thought to perform flight MT67L from Goa to London Gatwick,EN (UK), hit the tail of the Transaero Boeing. Both aircraft were immediately evacuated, no injuries have been reported.
The airport authority had reported, that the Transaero Boeing 747 was taxiing onto the departure runway, when its right wing hit the Airbus.
Transaero reported, that their Boeing 747 was stationary at the gate awaiting clearance to start the engines, when its tail was struck by the taxiing Airbus.
The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA has opened an investigation into the accident.
Both airplanes are currently grounded. Engineers will examine the airplanes on Monday.
16/11/08 Simon Hradecky/The Aviation Herald, Austria

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