Two planes collide while taxiing at Miami airport

Summarised from 5 outlets · Updated 15 Nov, 04:01 · Archive

A UPS flight and a Copa Airlines flight collided while taxiing at Miami International Airport on Saturday night. The Copa flight had just arrived from Panama City when the incident occurred.

Audio from air traffic control recorded the moment of impact. The UPS pilot told the controller 'Somebody hit us'. When asked whether they had hit the other aircraft, the pilot responded: 'Yeah we went too far and he clipped us with his wing.' According to Fox Sports journalist Andy Slater, the nose of one plane collided with the wing tip of the other.

Two passengers aboard the Copa flight complained of back pain following the collision. A fire department source told Slater the incident was minor. Officials informed the Daily Mail that nobody was injured on either aircraft and that the collision did not impact airport operations.

How it is being reported

• Moment two planes collide at Miami Airport revealed in shocking pilot audioTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Air traffic control audio has captured the moment one plane crashed into another on the runway at Miami Airport. One of the jets involved in the collision…Metro · 15 Nov, 09:16
• UPS cargo plane, Copa Airlines passenger jet collide at Miami airport, leaving 2 injuredA UPS Airlines cargo plane and a Copa Airlines passenger jet collided on the ground at Miami International Airport on Saturday night, leaving two people with minor injuries.Fox News · 15 Nov, 07:43
• UPS cargo plane collides with commercial airliner at Miami airportA cargo jet collided with a commercial airliner while taxiing on the runway at Miami International Airport Saturday night, according to reports.New York Post · 15 Nov, 03:58
• Two planes collide at Miami airport as audio captures moment 'somebody hit' aircraftIt comes after thousands of flights were cancelled across the United States, which left passengers scrambling for seats and disrupted travel around the world.The Mirror · 15 Nov, 03:48
• Two planes collide at Miami airport as audio reveals moment pilot tells air traffic control they'd been hitAccording to audio published on ATC, a UPS flight collided with a Copa Airlines flight that had just touched down in the Florida city on Saturday night.Daily Mail · 15 Nov, 03:05

In this story: UPS · Copa Airlines · Miami International Airport · Panama City

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