Wed, Jun 08, 2005
Kingfisher Airlines Says Spice Jet Workers Damaged Airbus
It's one thing for a new industry to see stiff competition among
new companies. It's something else when one of those companies
accuses the other of deliberately damaging aircraft.
India liquor mogul Vijay Mallya (below, with his company's new
aircraft and a couple of flight attendants) says workers for Spice
Jet intentionally busted up the vertical stabilizer of his
Kingfisher Airlines Airbus A320 -- a new aircraft that had just
been delivered a week before.
The incident supposedly happened on Sunday evening at New
Delhi's IGI Airport. According to a police report filed by
Kingfisher, a Spice Jet tug towing a ladder made an especially
sharp turn at the rear of the A320. The ladder toppled and crashed
into the vertical stab.
Authorities at the airport, perhaps taking a more rational view,
said the ladder was toppled by strong winds. But Kingfisher
executives were adamant that the incident was a deliberate attempt
to hurt the new airline.
Spice Jet workers now say the whole incident has been smoothed
over and, after a chat between CEOs of both airlines, the police
complaint has been dropped.
"The step-ladder was faulty and while we were removing it from
the apron area, it scraped the aircraft body damaging it slightly.
It was not intentional and we apologised to Kingfisher officials
for the incident," a SpiceJet official told the Times of India.
Welcome to the world of direct competition.
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