Minor injuries reported after Copa passenger jet collides with UPS cargo plane at Miami International Airport
A taxi-way collision between a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 and a UPS Boeing 767 at Miami International Airport injured two people, who received on-site treatment.
Two people were injured when a Copa Airlines passenger aircraft struck a UPS cargo plane while taxiing at Miami International Airport on Saturday night. The incident occurred at about 9:15 p.m., when the wingtip of a Copa Boeing 737 made contact with the nose of a UPS Boeing 767, according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) briefing cited by CNN.
FAA officials said air-traffic controllers had instructed the UPS crew to yield to the Copa flight. All 166 passengers and six crew members on the Copa flight disembarked, and the aircraft returned to the terminal. The two injured individuals sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene, airport communications director Greg Chin said.
UPS Airlines said its crew was safe and that the company would cooperate with investigators. The carrier added that employee and public safety remained its top priority. Copa Airlines issued a statement expressing regret over the disruption to passengers. The collision followed a nationwide flight grounding that had caused widespread cancellations across the United States the previous day.