US EditionManchester Airport flights stopped after two easyJet planes 'clip wings'
Two easyJet aircraft collided on the taxiway, triggering a safety investigation and causing cancellations and delays for dozens of passengers, airport officials said.
- Two easyJet planes 'clipped wings' while taxiing at Manchester Airport, prompting a temporary suspension of all flights for safety checks.
- The two affected easyJet planes, scheduled to depart around 6:15 am for Gibraltar and Paris, will not be departing Manchester.
- An investigation has been launched by easyJet to understand what happened in the incident involving the wing tips of their planes making contact.
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Two aircraft of the EasyJet company, directed respectively to Paris and Gibraltar, crashed this morning at Manchester Airport, touching their wings as they were preparing for takeoff....
A minor incident occurred at Manchester Airport this morning when two EasyJet planes collided on the runway with their wings. One of the planes was en route to Paris and the other to Gibraltar, but passengers had to disembark from both planes after the collision, and a large number of firefighters and security personnel were called to the scene.
Two easyJet planes collided at a British airport on Friday morning. Air traffic in Manchester was temporarily suspended.
Manchester airport halted after plane collision
Manchester Airport experienced a temporary suspension of flight operations on the morning of Friday, August 15 after two EasyJet Airbus A320 aircraft made contact while taxiing on the ground. The incident occurred at approximately 6:30 a.m. BST at Terminal 1, with the planes preparing for departure to Paris Charles de Gaulle and Gibraltar. As both aircraft manoeuvred along the taxiway… Source
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