Air Malta has launched an investigation after a vehicle carrying mobile steps collided with an aircraft on the apron yesterday afternoon, delaying at least four flights.

The incident took place at Malta International Airport at 12.18 p.m. when the mobile steps were being driven towards the plane which had just arrived from Budapest and was scheduled to depart for Paris Charles De Gaulle airport soon after.

A spokesman for the national airline said the incident caused a dent on the plane and delayed Air Malta's flights to Vienna, Gatwick, Kiev and Paris Charles De Gaulle.

On December 30, 2009, a Globe Ground Malta van collided with a Libyan Arab Airlines Bombardier CRJ-900ER aircraft. The airplane was parked on the apron when the collision occurred not long before it was due to take off.

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