BWIA plane grounded after runway accident

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BWIA plane grounded after runway accident
By Curtis Rampersad  Trinidad Express

One of just three light turboprop aircraft servicing the airbridge route
between Trinidad and Tobago had to be temporarily taken out of service when
a baggage trolley hit the plane. The baggage trolley rubbed against the
Dash-8 aircraft as it was being prepared to depart Piarco International
Airport in the early afternoon. BWIA's director of corporate communications
Clint Williams said the trolley rubbed along the fuselage of the aircraft
and scraped some paint off the plane. Following strict standard procedure,
the incident was investigated and the aircraft inspected.
Williams could not confirm reports that passengers were transferred to
another aircraft. No repairs had to be done to the Dash-8 and the aircraft
was returned to service.Tobago Express operates eight daily flights to the
sister island using two of its own Dash-8s and another leased from BWIA.
Last March, another one of the Dash-8s was slightly damaged when a ground
maintenance truck accidentally hit the aircraft. The plane was taken out of
service, repaired and re-introduced into service the next day.

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