The plane was being taxied to make a flight to Tunis when it was clipped by a Boeing 777-300ER from Dakar, French aviation enthusiast O-D’J’ice reported in a tweet.
He posted photos of the damaged plane with its tail visibly torn.
Aviation tracking site FlightRadar24 repots flight AF1084 status for Wednesday as “Unknown.”
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In March, an Air France passenger Airbus near Charles de Gaulle “nearly” collided with a drone, which as close as five meters to the jet, according to aviation authorities. Noticing the UAV, the crew had to disconnect the autopilot and proceed to land manually.
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