Canadian collision puts Emirates A380 out of action

Emirates has 90 firm orders for A380s, making it the jet’s largest customer by far

Adding to Emirates Airline’s recent poor fortunes in the Canadian aviation market, an accident involving a catering truck has put one of the carrier’s superjumbo jets out of action for several weeks.

The incident took place at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.

"Emirates can confirm that an incident occurred on 6 December involving a catering truck and that damage was sustained to the inboard starboard wing and wing root of one of our A380 aircraft,” an Emirates spokesperson told Arabian Business.

“Another A380 has been deployed on to our Toronto route whilst the damaged aircraft is being repaired."