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Accident: Emirates B773 at Islamabad on Feb 27th 2018, ambulift topples over


An Emirates Boeing 777-300, registration A6-END performing flight EK-615 from Islamabad (Pakistan) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates), was boarding passengers. An ambulift was lifting passengers with reduced mobility onto the aircraft, when the ambulift toppled over impacting the right hand engine's (GE90) inlet. A ground handler and 5 passengers received injuries as result of the accident and were taken to hospitals.

The airline reported the aircraft was involved in an incident on the ground during boarding causing injuries to five passengers and a ground handling staff. The injured were taken to a hospital.

Emergency services reported one of the injured (59) suffered head injuries.

The aircraft was unable to depart due to the dents in the engine inlet.

A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration A6-EMT positioned from Dubai to Islamabad and performed the return flight EK-615 with a delay of 11:20 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Islamabad about 20 hours later.

The ambulift toppled over:

Inside of the ambulift:



The engine inlet damage seen later in the daylight:

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