{"id":155527,"date":"2026-08-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=155527"},"modified":"2026-08-26T01:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:51:16","slug":"french-bee-a350-strikes-montreal-airport-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/french-bee-a350-strikes-montreal-airport-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"French bee Airbus A350 Hits Montreal Airport Worker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MONTREAL\u2014<\/strong> A ground worker has been seriously injured after being struck by a French bee Airbus A350 during pushback operations at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)<\/a> on August 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French Bee (BF)<\/a> was preparing the Airbus A350-900 for a flight from Montreal to Paris Orly Airport (ORY) when the accident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airport authorities activated emergency procedures, and the injured employee was transported to a hospital, with reports describing the condition as critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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French bee A350 Strikes Worker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The accident occurred while the widebody aircraft was being moved from its parking position. Initial reports identified the employee as a ground marshaller or signaller responsible for guiding aircraft during apron operations, although authorities have not yet released a detailed account of exactly how the accident occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some reports have indicated that the worker tripped and fell into the aircraft’s path during the pushback. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft subsequently struck the employee with its landing gear, but investigators will need to establish the precise sequence of events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft involved was an Airbus A350-900<\/a> registered as F-HREY<\/strong>. The seven-year-old aircraft entered service with French bee in June 2019 and is configured with 35 premium-economy seats and 376 economy seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flight Delayed in Montreal <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The A350 had been due to operate French bee’s Montreal-Paris<\/a> service after experiencing a technical problem that had left it in Montreal over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flight records show that the aircraft had previously operated the route, while the August 24 service was ultimately disrupted by the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft’s planned departure was around 6 p.m., but the pushback took place later in the evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the accident, the aircraft remained at Montreal-Trudeau while another French bee A350 operated the regularly scheduled service to Paris Orly after midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident did not halt airport operations. A\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al said emergency measures were deployed at approximately 7:30 p.m., while passengers were advised to check directly with their airlines for flight information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Investigation Underway in Canada<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has been notified of the accident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the TSB had not announced a deployment to the airport as of August 25, while Quebec’s workplace safety regulator is also expected to examine the incident because it involved an airport employee, PYOK<\/a> flagged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French bee was established by Groupe Dubreuil in 2016 as a French long-haul low-cost carrier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airline initially operated under the name French Blue before adopting the French bee brand in 2018 following objections from U.S. carrier JetBlue over the use of the word “Blue.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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