Iron Maiden's Tour Jet Ed Force One Damaged on South American Runway
Correction: An earlier headline misinterpreted this story. Iron Maiden's plane did not crash; it sustained damage while on the ground.
After performing to a sold-out crowd of 58,000 in Santiago, Chile at the Estadio Nacional on Saturday night (Mar. 12), Iron Maiden's Boeing 747 jet experienced a pretty major accident on an airport runway.
In a posting on the band's Facebook page, Iron Maiden details the accident—which occurred while the plane was being towed to a refueling station. “The steering pin that is part of the mechanism that connects the ground tug to the aircraft seemingly fell out,” the post explained. “On making a turn the aircraft had no steering and collided with the ground tug badly."
Two of the aircraft's engines were damaged, in addition to the plane's undercarriage. The incident also injured two of the airport's ground tug operators, who were immediately transported to the hospital, according to the BBC.
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