A cargo plane and a commercial passenger jet collided at Miami International Airport Saturday night, November 14, according to officials, CBS News reported. A UPS Boeing 767 and a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 collided at the airport, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. No injuries have been reported.
A UPS Boeing 767 and a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 collided at the airport, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. (Pexel - representational image)
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"At approximately 9:15 p.m., an arriving aircraft and a departing aircraft made contact with each other at the intersection of two taxiways. There are no reported injuries and flights are being directed to other taxiways, so there is no impact to airport operations at this time," Greg Chin, communications director at MIA, said in a statement to CBS News Miami.
What we know about the incident
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While UPS Flight 358 was scheduled to fly from Miami to Bogotá, Colombia, Copa Airlines Flight 427 was arriving from Panama City, Panama. Copa Airlines is headquartered in Panama City.
Deep Dive
What happened when the UPS and Copa Airlines planes collided at Miami International Airport?
A UPS Boeing 767 and a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 made contact at the intersection of two taxiways at about 9:15 p.m. Saturday. The UPS flight was scheduled to depart for Bogotá, while the Copa flight was arriving from Panama City.
Were there injuries or flight disruptions after the Miami airport collision?
No injuries were reported. Flights were directed to other taxiways, and airport officials said there was no impact to airport operations at the time.
Was the Miami plane collision caused by the FAA communications outage?
The article does not link the collision to the FAA outage or identify a cause for the contact. It reports that the collision happened amid wider flight delays and cancellations following the outage.
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“Damage on one of the planes at Miami International Airport after minor collision involving UPS Boeing 767 and Copa Airlines 737,” the post said.
The incident comes as MIA continues to face delays and cancellations after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded all flights across the country due to a communications issue. On Friday night, November 13, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that flight operations would be slow to return to normal. Airlines were working to reposition aircraft and crews.
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FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said on Saturday that the US air travel schedule is expected to be back to normal by the end of Sunday, November 15, per CBS News.
According to federal officials, the outage was connected to problems with aging air traffic control technology, including switches and routers that became overloaded with data and thus created inconsistencies in radar and communications systems.
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