Iron Maiden’s jet Ed Force One damaged, two people injured

Iron Maiden’s Boeing 747 was damaged in a runway accident in Santiago, Chile on Saturday morning, leaving two airport workers injured.

The band are safe and accounted for during the incident, which occurred while the plane was being taken for refuelling.

“The steering pin that is part of the mechanism that connects the ground tug to the aircraft seemingly fell out,” the band explained in a Facebook post. “On making a turn the aircraft had no steering and collided with the ground tug badly damaging the undercarriage, two of the aircrafts engines and injuring two ground tug operators, both of whom have been taken to hospital.”

“We are currently making contingency arrangements to get to the show in Cordoba tomorrow with band, crew and equipment intact. Fortunately the 20 tons of equipment had not been loaded onto [the plane] at the time of the accident.”

Dubbed Ed Force One, the plane is piloted by frontman Bruce Dickinson over the course of their current world tour. The band hope to find a replacement in the near future.