YR-BGC, the aircraft involved, photographed in July 2005
Accident
Date
30 December 2007 (2007-12-30)
Summary
Ground collision with maintenance car in fog
Site
Henri Coandă International Airport, Otopeni, Bucharest, Romania 44°33′57.55″N26°5′42.81″E / 44.5659861°N 26.0952250°E / 44.5659861; 26.0952250
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-300
Aircraft name
Constanţa
Operator
TAROM
Registration
YR-BGC
Flight origin
Henri Coandă International Airport
Destination
Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport
Occupants
123
Passengers
117
Crew
6
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Survivors
123
TAROM Flight 3107 was a charter flight operated by a Boeing 737-300 that, on 30 December 2007, during the takeoff procedure, hit a service car carrying out repair work on lighting equipment on the runway at Henri Coandă International Airport in Otopeni, Romania.[1]
^"Accident information : Boeing 737 TAROM YR-BGC". www.airfleets.net. 30 December 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
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