AOG IN LUXOR
While out enjoying our tour of Luxor, I received a phone call from our handler indicating that we had an issue at the airport with one of the aircraft. Never the words I want to hear from the handler. I left the group and headed straight to them.
There, surrounding the PC12, were caution lines with our handler and airport authority looking on. An airport passenger bus had broken loose from it's brakes and rolled down a small ramp from its parking spot. No driver was on board, just a run-away bus. The bus continued onto the tarmac and ran into the left wing of the PC-12, turning it 60 degrees.
The PC-12 is now AOG, not in flying condition. It will remain in Luxor until a team of experts can make an assessment of the damages. Together with Pilatus, we have a plan in action and hope to have the PC-12 up and flying in no time.
The two pilots will finish the Journey aboard two of the aircraft of our fleet. There is nothing more heartbreaking than having to leave an aircraft behind, especially this close to the end of the Journey. This scenario could happen anywhere, including our home airports, and we understand this. It is an unfortunate situation and a bump in the road but the pilots of the PC-12 are ready to bring her home and complete their Journey Around the World once shes back airworthy.
There, surrounding the PC12, were caution lines with our handler and airport authority looking on. An airport passenger bus had broken loose from it's brakes and rolled down a small ramp from its parking spot. No driver was on board, just a run-away bus. The bus continued onto the tarmac and ran into the left wing of the PC-12, turning it 60 degrees.
The PC-12 is now AOG, not in flying condition. It will remain in Luxor until a team of experts can make an assessment of the damages. Together with Pilatus, we have a plan in action and hope to have the PC-12 up and flying in no time.
The two pilots will finish the Journey aboard two of the aircraft of our fleet. There is nothing more heartbreaking than having to leave an aircraft behind, especially this close to the end of the Journey. This scenario could happen anywhere, including our home airports, and we understand this. It is an unfortunate situation and a bump in the road but the pilots of the PC-12 are ready to bring her home and complete their Journey Around the World once shes back airworthy.
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