Cathay Pacific Plane Suffers Ground Damage at Rome Airport

The right wing of a Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 777 plane was badly crushed after it hit a floodlight pole at Rome airport on Wednesday morning, as the plane was being towed by ground staff.

A photo from a source showed the area of the wing known as the outboard aileron badly mangled, exposing crushed aluminium and composite material.

Cathay Pacific confirmed one of its aircraft “was involved in a towing incident in which one of its wing tips struck a standing pole”.