Miami: Two aircraft, a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 and a UPS Boeing 767 cargo plane, collided while taxiing at Miami International Airport on Saturday night, leaving two passengers injured. The incident occurred a day after major flight disruptions across the United States.
JUST IN: UPS Boeing 767 collides with Copa Airlines 737 while taxiing at Miami International Airport in Florida, according to local radio station WMEN.
"Yeah, we went too far and he clipped us with the wing," according to ATC audio. https://t.co/ogPvmAIhfA
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The collision took place around 9:15 pm when the wingtip of the Copa Airlines aircraft struck the nose of the UPS cargo plane.
The Copa flight was arriving from Panama City with 166 passengers and six crew members on board.
Copa Airlines said the aircraft reached the terminal and all passengers safely disembarked.
Two passengers received medical attention from airport paramedics for injuries that appeared to be minor. The remaining passengers and all six crew members were reported to be in good condition.
In an air traffic control recording, the Copa pilot was heard reporting that the aircraft had been hit.
The UPS pilot acknowledged that the planes had made contact, saying the cargo aircraft had moved too far and its nose was struck by the wing.
A passenger also described feeling the aircraft jerk sideways following the impact.
The incident comes amid ongoing disruption to US air travel after a nearly five-hour nationwide ground stop on Friday caused more than 20,000 flight disruptions.
The FAA attributed the outage to a communications system failure linked to a faulty router installed by contractor L3Harris.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said airlines expected to return to normal schedules by Sunday.
