Five months old (July 2022 built) Air Transat Airbus A321neo aircraft (C-GOIR) received major damages to the Nose section (section 11/12) of the Fuselage due to a ground incident involving a tow tractor at Vancouver International Airport (YVR/CYVR), Canada on 2nd November.
It is being learnt that the tow bar failed in the act of towing, and subsequently the tractor impacted the aircraft. Aircraft is grounded in the airport pending a lengthy repair.
Source – FL360Aero LinkedIn Page