Iron Maidens fly krasjet på rullebane i Chile
Det britiske heavy metal-bandet Iron Maidens karakteristiske privatfly «Ed Force One» krasjet på rullebanen på flyplassen i Santiago i Chile lørdag.
– Vi håper selvsagt at de kommer seg raskt, og vi kommer til å følge deres utvikling tett, skriver bandet på Facebook. Flyet har skader på to av motorene samt understellet, og kan ikke brukes med det første.
Bandet mener imidlertid at dette ikke vil sette en stopper for turneen deres.
Go Inside IRON MAIDEN's New Boeing 747 Plane (Video)
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The Boeing 747 jumbo is named Ed Force One after the band's mascot, Eddie, who has appeared on all of their album covers, and graces the plane's tail.
Ed Force One is being piloted on the band's world tour by MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson.
Dickinson addressed reporters on the tarmac of the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport shortly after landing the airplane on Friday, February 19. He explained MAIDEN's decision to upgrade to a 747: "The [757] is just not big enough for what we've got in mind in terms of a show. So what we've got on board at the moment is the stage show."
He continued: "I've actually been in Miami rehearsing for about two and a half weeks before this flight. So I actually flew back from Miami to pick up the airplane. And because it had been longer than a certain period, I had to jump back in the sim, do some landings and then fly the airplane over. So we pick up the rest of our equipment… In fact, we'll be spending tomorrow, basically, putting all the gear together and making sure it fits. Everything we need will be on the airplane, and all the technicians and baggage and everything else. We're going all around the world. I mean, we're doing some… I mean, [from] Perth, Australia to Cape Town [to] Shanghai to New Zealand. We're really going 'round the planet."
The 747 is the world's most recognizable airliner on account of its distinctive hump. With its impressive dimensions of 70.7m (232ft) length, 19.4m (63.6ft) height and a jaw-dropping wing span of 64.4m (211ft) this double-decker aircraft has a range of 13,450km (7,262nm).
IRON MAIDEN's world tour, in support of the band's latest album, "The Book Of Souls", will kick off on February 24 in Florida.
Support on the trek will come from THE RAVEN AGE, the band led by IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris's son George Harris.
MAIDEN's sixteenth — and first-ever double — studio album, "The Book Of Souls", was released worldwide on September 4, 2015 through Parlophone Records (BMG in the U.S.A). The CD was recorded in Paris, France with producer Kevin "Caveman" Shirley in late 2014, with the finishing touches added last year.
IRON MAIDEN announced in May 2015 that touring plans to support the album wouldn't happen until this year to allow Dickinson time to fully recuperate after his successful cancer treatment.
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Iron Maiden 747-400 badly damaged in tug collision
Rock band Iron Maiden's newly-customised Boeing 747-400 has been extensively damaged in a ground-towing accident in Santiago that injured two tractor operators.
The aircraft has been transporting the group's members and its equipment for an extensive tour, which was covering Latin American cities in March.
It had arrived at Santiago for a concert on 11 March but the band states that, on 12 March, it was hitched to a tug to be towed for refuelling.
"On moving, the steering pin that is part of the mechanism that connects the ground tug to the aircraft seemingly fell out," it says.
Steering failed during a turn and the aircraft collided with the tractor, it adds, badly damaging the nacelles and inlet cowls of both left-hand General Electric CF6 powerplants, as well as its undercarriage.
Two operators of the tractor were hospitalised as a result of the accident. None of the band members or their crew was on board and the tour equipment, some 20t in weight, had not been loaded.
The band states that the powerplants have suffered "large damage" and might have to be replaced - in any case, it says, they will need an "extended period of maintenance".
The 13-year old aircraft, serial number 32868, is part of the Air Atlanta Icelandic fleet and was previously operated by Air France.
Air Atlanta Icelandic acquired the aircraft only late last year, according to Flightglobal's Fleets Analyzer database.
It underwent reconfiguration, painting and customisation at the Volga-Dnepr Gulf facility in Sharjah during 9 January to 17 February.
Volga-Dnepr Gulf says it worked "meticulously" on the transforming the jet from its Air France colour scheme to the Iron Maiden tour livery.
Iron Maiden had been due to take the aircraft from the Chilean capital to Cordoba in Argentina for a concert on 13 March. It says contingency plans are being put in place - including the sourcing of another aircraft - and it does not expect the accident to affect its schedule.
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