A cargo plane collided with an airliner while taxiing on the runway at Miami International Airport Saturday evening, leaving two people with minor injuries, according to reports.
The pilot of a Copa Airlines flight from Panama City said on the flight radio “someone hit us,” moments after his wing clipped the nose of a Bogota, Colombia, bound UPS Flight 358 at the intersection of two taxiways around 9:15 p.m.
“UPS 358, did you hit this plane?” “” the controller asked the pilot of the cargo plane, according to ATC audio.
The pilot confessed, saying, “Yeah, we went too far and he cut us off with his wing. »
Greg Chin, director of communications for Miami International Airport, told the Post that “flights are being diverted to other taxiways, so there is no impact to airport operations at this time.”
“Two patients were treated on scene by the Miami-Dade Fire Department for minor injuries and did not require medical transport.”
It was unclear whether the incident had anything to do with the residual effects of the nation’s aviation ground stop on Friday.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Friday that flight operations would take time to rebound as airlines worked to reposition planes and crews following the allegedly technology-induced chaos.
Federal Aviation Administration officials blame shoddy work by a contractor or a faulty router as the likely cause of outages at several facilities nationwide.
This is a developing story. Please check again for updates.
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