Landing 747 clipped van's roof after tower lost track

摘要

Luxembourg's air navigation service failed to keep track of a maintenance vehicle before it was hit by a landing Boeing 747 freighter in low-visibility conditions, investigators have found. Electrical maintenance personnel had been working on centreline lights and parked a van on Luxembourg's runway 24, 340m (1,100ft) from the threshold. The crew ran for cover when they heard the Cargolux 747-400F carrying out a Category Ⅲb approach after arriving from Barcelona on 21 January 2010.