On August 18, 2023, an Emirates Airbus A380, registered as A6-EOM, allegedly struck a large drone while landing at Nice Cote d’Azur Airport (NCE). The double-decker sustained damage to a section of the leading-edge slats, which the airline had to replace at the airport on August 20, 2023.
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The aircraft stayed put since landing at the French airport, with flightradar24.com showing that Emirates flight EK78 from NCE to Dubai International Airport (DXB) was canceled on August 18, 2023. Another Emirates Airbus A380, registered as A6-EOB, operated the flight to DXB the following day.
“The flight to Dubai has been canceled for technical reasons,” an NCE spokesperson said in an email. At the time of publication, A6-EOM is still at NCE with no scheduled flight out of the airport. Since August 19, 2023, three different Emirates Airbus A380s have flown into NCE on flight EK77, including A6-EOB, A6-EEC, and A6-EEV.
Airbus delivered A6-EOM in August 2015 shortly after the aircraft flew its first flight on March 10, 2015. Since then, it has accumulated a total of 29,829 flight hours (FH) and 3,061 flight cycles (FC).