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By Alex Lennane

02/04/2014

A DHL A300-600F yesterday suffered a tail-tipping incident at Abu Dhabi airport, which is likely to highlight once again the issues surrounding safe cargo loading, especially as this report says an airport vehicle was crushed. It declines to name the handling agent – but it is more than likely to be Etihad-owned Abu Dhabi Cargo Company. This year DHL and Etihad agreed to share capacity on DHL’s five times a week A300-600F services around the Middle East.

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