Air India plane involved in accident at Stockholm's Arlanda airport
Indian police and rescue officials gather in front of a disused Air India passenger plane which fell from a ground transporter while being moved near Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad on April 10, 2016. Another plane from the same company crashed into the side of a building at Arlanda airport in Stockholm on Wednesday. Police said no injuries were reported. PHOTO | NOAH SEELAM |
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The plane struck a building at Stockholm's Arlanda airport with its wingtip as it taxied to gate.
Police said they were yet to establish the cause of the accident.
Sources said the flight had originated in New Delhi.
An Air India plane carrying 179 passengers struck a building at Stockholm's Arlanda airport with its wingtip as it taxied to gate on Wednesday, but no injuries were reported, police said.
"The 179 passengers could disembark from the plane on a mobile staircase and thereafter enter the terminal," police wrote in a statement.
The cause of the accident was not immediately known, police said.
It occurred at 5:45 pm (1645 GMT), about 50 metres (yards) from Terminal 5, the main terminal for international flights.
Pictures from the scene showed the Boeing aircraft parked on the runway with the very tip of its left wing stuck in the side of a building.
Several police cars and fire trucks were parked by the plane.
According to airport operator Swedavia's website, the flight had originated in New Delhi.
