The Boeing 747-400 of the English band, Iron Maiden, suffered an accident at the "Arturo Merino Benitez" of Chile, moments before the group undertook his trip to Cordoba, Argentina, to continue his tour airport The Book of Souls World Tour.
The incident caused serious damage to the "Ed Force One" (referring to "Eddie" anthropomorphic icon of the band), private aircraft of the band, which is piloted by vocalist own Bruce Dickinson, who divides his career as a musician with the aviator, taking control of commercial and private aircraft since the 90's.
The Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGAC) of Chile expicó that the accident occurred when a tractor that moved the aircraft to the cargo area suffered a detached, causing the plane to slide on their own more than 20km / h collided.
Furthermore, the DGAC said in a statement that "the aircraft was not carrying passengers, while the operator of the tractor was injured, was taken to the Emergency Care Center at the same airport."
Meanwhile, Iron Maiden, who came from a concert in Santiago de Chile last night, I had to take another plane to get to Argentina and continue the extensive tour that will take more than 70 cities around the world. The English band reported the incident from his Twitter account: "#EdForceOne badly damaged Argentina's shows go on.".