Avión de Iron Maiden sufre accidente en aeropuerto de Chile

Un contratiempo en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Santiago mantiene en Chile a los integrantes del la banda Iron Maiden tras su concierto ofrecido la noche de este viernes en el Estadio Nacional ante unas 55 mil personas.

Cerca de las 09.00 horas, el ED Force One cortó la barra de tiro, lo que provocó que el avión avanzara, arrasando con el vehículo de tracción. Esto habría causado que el motor 2 del avión resultara con daños.

El avión Boeing 747-400 quedó fuera de vuelo hasta que no se reparen las fallas, por lo que permanece en la losa del Aeropuerto mientras se investigan las causas de lo ocurrido.

ED FORCE ONE BADLY DAMAGED ON THE GROUND IN COMODORO ARTURO MERINO BENITEZ (SANTIAGO, CHILE) AIRPORT CONCERTS IN ARGENTINA TOMORROW AND TUESDAY EXPECTED TO GO AHEAD AS PLANNED Ed Force One was this morning tethered to a tow truck to be taken for refuelling prior to flying over the Andes to Cordoba for the next show. On moving the steering pin that is part of the mechanism that connects the ground tug to the aircraft seemingly fell out. On making a turn the aircraft had no steering and collided with the ground tug badly damaging the undercarriage, two of the aircrafts engines and injuring two ground tug operators, both of whom have been taken to hospital. We hope of course that they make a full and speedy recovery and we will be closely monitoring their progress. The flight engineers are on site and evaluating the damage, but their initial report is that the engines have suffered large damage and will require an extended period of maintenance and possibly two new engines. We are currently making contingency arrangements to get to the show in Cordoba tomorrow with band, crew and equipment intact. Fortunately the 20 tons of equipment had not been loaded onto EF1 at the time of the accident. Although this is tragic for our beautiful plane we do not expect this to affect our concert schedule including the next 2 shows in Cordoba and Buenos Aires. And we hope to find a new Ed Force One to continue this adventure with us in the near future. We will keep everyone updated when we know more, so keep checking only on this site for official news. To finish on a high note however, our visit to Chile was a huge success with 58,000 fans coming to the show as totally brilliant as ever in the Stadium Nacional last night. We love you guys! #IronMaiden #EdForceOne

Una foto publicada por Iron Maiden (@ironmaiden) el 12 de Mar de 2016 a la(s) 7:05 PST

En su Instagram, la banda informó que están resolviendo la situación, y que esperan llegar a Argentina, su próximo destino.

“Afortunadamente, las 20 toneladas de equipo no habían sido cargadas en el Ed Force 1 al momento del accidente. Sin embargo, esto es trágico para nuestro hermoso avión, y esperamos que esto no afecte nuestra agenda de conciertos”, publicaron en la red social.

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