Plane spotters have been fascinated by the arrival of one of the world’s strangest-looking aircraft at Heathrow airport in London on Monday.
The Airbus Beluga, named after the whale that the aircraft resembles, made its way to the London airport from Toulouse to deliver spare parts for a damaged Airbus plane.
The British Airways Airbus A350-1000, registered G-XWBC, was involved in a collision with a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Heathrow in April 2024, resulting in damage to the aircraft’s right-hand horizontal stabilizer.
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According to reports at the time of the incident, on April 6, 2024, the Virgin Atlantic Dreamliner was being pushed back when its left-hand wing tip struck the parked BA A350 while it was waiting to fly to Accra Kotoka International Airport (ACC) in Ghana.
While the Virgin Atlantic plane, registered G-VDIA, returned to operations in June 2024, according to ch-aviation.com, the BA jet has remained awaiting repair at the UK’s largest airport.
Source: BBC News