Today, Left elevator and horizontal stabilizer of a Srilankan A320 neo aircraft got damaged due to collision with ground vehicle !
Aircraft was in transit at Maldives while the incident took place. Though elevator is a replaceable component , the damage to the THS will require a repair before it can make a flight again.
Aircraft was delivered to Srilankan air in April 2017.
Aircraft regd : 4R -ANB.
Airbus A320-200neo "4R-ANB" (age: 4 years) of the airline SriLankan Airlines???????? was on 21st April 2021 at Male Velana International Airport/MLE (Maledives)???????? damaged on a horizontal stabilizer after the vehicle has hit the plane. Nobody was injured. It was launched investigation. pic.twitter.com/QBJLFUvoUk
— Tomáš Semrád (@Tomas40916602) April 21, 2021
Nil injuiries reported !
Picture - Sebastian mortier.
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