A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350 has been damaged in an incident during towing at London’s Heathrow Airport. The bar connecting the aircraft to the tug has somehow ended up underneath the aircraft’s nose landing gear. However, exactly how this happened is not clear.
The aircraft involved in the incident was G-VJAM. According to Planespotters.net, the aircraft was Virgin’s fourth Airbus A350, having been delivered on September 27th, 2019. Rather than joining the fleet straight away, the aircraft flew to Tarbes for maintenance, before entering service in December 2019.
Simple Flying has contacted Virgin Atlantic for comment on this incident.
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