Air France Airbus A380 Clips Smaller Delta Jet at JFK

[Lunican]

http://www.youtube.com/v/3XvJMk5CGds?fs=1&hl=en_US

An Air France Airbus A380 superjumbo jet (F-HPJD) clipped the tail of a smaller plane while taxiing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Monday night.

http://www.youtube.com/v/WjuCI2yAVD8?fs=1&hl=en_US

http://nycaviation.com/2011/04/air-france-airbus-a380-clips-smaller-delta-jet-at-kennedy-airport-in-new-york

[Coolyfett]

Can JIA handle one of these A380 JETS? those things seem pretty massive. Im sure the Jax runways are not big enough & no american air liner has one in their fleet yet, just on order. Does anyone think one will ever land in Jax?

[acme54321]

Runways probably aren't long enough for safe commercial operation, Airbus claims that it has similar performance to a 747, which most variants require over 10,000 foot runway (longest at JAX is 10k).  Even if the runways were long enough there are a lot of other factors that come in to play,  Runways loading, width, taxiways, gate requirements, etc.

[ChriswUfGator]

747SPs can do it. I saw a gigantic Antonov here awhile back, so it's possible to get things that size in here. Actually the 47 generally is pretty amazing on short takeoffs, albeit with reduced loading. I don't know much about the A380 aside from it being a real ugly looking airplane. I watched one of the first 380 flights into the US coming in on final near Dulles, it doesn't have the grace or presence of the 47, the airbus looks like a flying economy-sized aerosol can. New 747-8 FTW!