Muscat: Oman Air flight from Tehran to Muscat was delayed after another plane clipped the aircraft’s winglet on the runway at Tehran airport on Thursday morning, said Oman Air in a statement.
Mahan Air Airbus 310 collided with Oman Air WY 432 and clipped its winglets while taxiing. “The wings of the stationary Oman Air Aircraft were clipped by another airline as it passed. No one was hurt,” said the statement.
Oman Air added that the flight will be delayed until the inspections declare the aircraft fit to fly. “Passengers have been informed and arrangements are currently being made to either provide accommodation in Tehran or to find alternative flight,” said Oman Air.
Oman Air apologised for the delay and resulting inconvenience.
On August 8, Oman Air diverted its flight WY414 coming from Amman to Abu Dhabi International Airport due to technical issues.
A scheduled flight from Amman, Jordan, to Muscat was diverted to Abu Dhabi due to technical issues.
The passengers were asked to disembark to fix the technical issues, which lasted for more than three hours.
On July 28, a Chennai-bound Oman Air flight from Muscat made an emergency landing at Goa International Airport after a passenger was taken ill, the airline said in a statement.
The statement added that flight WY251 later arrived at Chennai Airport and returned to Muscat International Airport.
The woman was reported sick mid-air as she suffered a cardiac arrest and later died, according to Indian media reports
