Air France's A380 clips Comair CRJ at JFK

[wmuflyguy]

Has anyone listened to the ATC tapes? The controller tells AF to hold short of a taxiway and AF taxied through it hitting the RJ and secondly when AF called to taxi the ground controller asked him if he wanted an escort. AF turned it down. The RJ was waiting for a gate and stopped. I don't care where the RJ stopped; clearly the AF crew is responsible for their wing. Being dark and raining sure didn't help. Btw, last October, an AF A380 hit another plane in Paris. Clearly they have issues with taxing and their wingtip clearance. At LAX it's mandatory for an A380 to have an escort. You can expect this to be implimented at JFK now I'm sure.

The intersection he was told to hold short of (E) is much further away (about half way around the airport) than where the accident occurred. Also, the intersection KD where he was instructed to give way to traffic was further ahead to (1/2 mile or so). Didn't sound like he violated any clearances from what i heard.