Story highlights The collision at the Santiago airport injures two airport workers

The plane requires extensive repairs and possibly two new engines

(CNN) Iron Maiden's personal Boeing 747 collided with a tow truck Saturday at an airport in Chile, causing major damage to the aircraft and injuring two airport workers on the ground, the band said.

The plane, dubbed Ed Force One, was tethered to a truck at the Santiago International Airport and was being moved to be refueled and prepped for the next flight.

posted on its "On moving, the steering pin that is part of the mechanism that connects the ground tug to the aircraft seemingly fell out," the heavy metal bandposted on its website . "On making a turn the aircraft had no steering and collided with the ground tug, badly damaging the undercarriage, two of the aircraft's engines and injuring two ground tug operators."

Ed Force One was damaged in Chile on Saturday.

Neither Iron Maiden nor its 20 tons' worth of equipment were on board Ed Force One at the time.

The band posted an update on the condition of the Chilean airport workers who were injured stating that they "will make a complete recovery."

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