Planes Collide at Miami Runway Crossing a Day After National Grounding
- A UPS Boeing 767 and a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 collided while taxiing at Miami International Airport on Saturday night, with the Copa flight having just arrived from Panama City.
- Air traffic control audio captured the UPS Flight 358 pilot saying, "Somebody hit us," before acknowledging, "Yeah we went too far and he clipped us with his wing" during the taxiway incident.
- Miami-Dade Fire Rescue reported no major injuries, though Fox Sports journalist Andy Slater noted two people aboard the Copa flight complained of back pain as airport operations continued without disruption.
- The collision occurred as Miami International Airport continues experiencing delays following Friday's nationwide Federal Aviation Administration ground stop that disrupted travel for about 1.5 million passengers.
- FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford stated Saturday that the national air travel schedule should return to normal by the end of Sunday, despite more than 800 flights scheduled for Sunday being canceled nationwide.
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Accident occurs at a time when air traffic in the United States is still trying to resume normality after a technical failure that forced all flights to paralyze on Friday.
Two Boeing aircraft were involved in an incident on Saturday evening on the Miami International Airport runway, just one day after the suspension of flights at the national level caused chaos in US air transport, writes CNN. "The tip of a Boeing 737 of the Copa Airlines company hit the bot of a Boeing 767 of the UPS company ...
The first versions of what happened point to discrepancies in the maneuvers carried out by the crews.
Two injured after passenger jet and cargo plane collide on tarmac - 'somebody hit us'
Two people have been left injured after a passenger jet and cargo aircraft collided on the tarmac at Miami International Airport.The incident occurred at about 9.15pm local time when the two planes met at a taxiway intersection.Miami International Airport's communications director, Greg Chin, confirmed that Miami-Dade Fire Rescue attended the scene and treated the two individuals. The UPS pilot appeared to accept responsibility for the crash aft…
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