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| Date: | Sunday 1 September 2013 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8FZ (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Oman Air |
| Registration: | A4O-BG ? * |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Zanzibar Airport -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Muscat |
| Zanzibar | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Boeing 737-800 operated by Oman Air contacted a parked Boeing 767-300 (ET-AMG) of Ethiopian Airlines while being marshalled at the stand.
The left hand winglet of Oman Air Flight 717 contact the wingtip of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-814, bound for Addis Abeba.
Oman Air Flight 717 was a scheduled service from Muscat, Oman to Zanzibar and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. It finally departed with a four hour delay.
*) The Oman Air aircraft has not been positively identified, but a spokesman reported the plane was newly delivered in 2009; other 2009 Boeing 737 aircraft of Oman Air were active on other flights according to Flightradar24 data.
Sources:
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/oman-air-flight-in-minor-accident-1.1226490?utm_content=1.1226490&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=Feeds&utm_campaign=Oman_Air_flight_in_minor_accident&localLinksEnabled=false&utm_term=News_RSS_feed
Media:
Omar Air airplane collides with Ethiopian Airways airplane at #Zanzibar airport pic.twitter.com/4RPWMfZlRn
— Mercedes Martin (@MerGigi) September 1, 2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2013 17:36 | harro | Added |
| 02-Sep-2013 17:48 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Embed code, Narrative] |
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