Newshot Passenger Plane and Cargo Plane Collide at Miami International Airport in the US, Causing 2 Minor Injuries
IT之家 November 15 news, according to CNN, at around 9 p.m. local time on November 14, two aircraft collided on the apron at Miami International Airport. Just one day earlier, a nationwide ground stop had led to a large number of flight cancellations and severe disruption to travel.
IT之家 learned from the report that the two aircraft came into contact while taxiing: the wingtip of a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 struck the nose of a UPS Boeing 767. According to a notice from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the collision occurred while both aircraft were taxiing; tower controllers had previously instructed the UPS crew to give way to the Copa Airlines flight, and the agency is investigating the accident.
Greg Chin, communications director at Miami International Airport, told CNN that the accident occurred at about 9:15 p.m. that evening, that the two injured people suffered minor injuries, and that they were treated on site by fire and rescue personnel.
A Copa Airlines passenger described that after the plane landed it was taxiing at normal speed when suddenly the voices around them grew louder, followed by an outcry, and then another aircraft struck them; the cabin jolted sharply sideways, some passengers panicked for a time, and the crew quickly told everyone to stay seated.
Copa Airlines said in a statement that all 166 passengers and 6 crew members on the flight had disembarked, that the aircraft had been towed back to the terminal, that the company regretted the inconvenience caused to passengers by the accident, and that it would cooperate with the relevant authorities in the investigation. UPS said its crew members were safe and that it would cooperate with authorities to determine the cause.
The Copa Airlines flight involved had just arrived in Miami from Panama City, the capital of Panama, while the UPS flight was preparing to fly to Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The day before the accident, the FAA had issued a nationwide ground stop order, a large number of flights were canceled, and airports across the United States were gradually returning to normal operations.
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