Copa 737 Wingtip Strikes UPS 767 Nose at Miami Taxiway, Injuring 2
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 15
Copa 737 Wingtip Strikes UPS 767 Nose at Miami Taxiway, Injuring 2
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 15
Summary
Two people were treated for minor injuries after a Copa AirlinesBoeing 737 hit the nose of a UPS Boeing 767 around 9 p.m. Saturday on a taxiway at Miami International Airport.
The FAA said controllers had told the UPS crew to give way to the arriving Copa flight, which was taxiing to the gate from Panama City, while the UPS jet was heading out for Bogotá.
The planes made contact at the intersection of two taxiways, and Miami airport kept operating by routing other flights around the area.
The collision came a day after a nationwide ground stop snarled U.S. air travel and just over two months after an Amazon cargo jet crash at Miami killed five people.