Two Boeing airplanes collided on the taxiways of Miami Airport / Two people were slightly injured

Two Boeing aircraft collided on Saturday evening on the taxiways of Miami International Airport while they were heading toward the boarding gate and the runway, respectively. Two people were examined at the scene for minor injuries, and no seriously injured victims were reported.

The incident occurred at around 21:00, at the intersection of two taxiways. The wingtip of a Boeing 737 operated by Copa Airlines, arriving from Panama City, struck the front section of a UPS Boeing 767 cargo aircraft, which was due to depart for Bogotá, Colombia.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), air traffic controllers had instructed the UPS aircraft's pilots to give way to the Copa Airlines plane. The circumstances in which the two aircraft collided are being investigated by the FAA.

The incident did not significantly affect airport operations. The aircraft were redirected to other taxiways, and operations continued normally.

The collision occurred one day after a failure of the air traffic control communications systems caused a nationwide ground stop in the United States, with thousands of flights canceled or delayed. Miami Airport was also recently involved in another serious incident in which an Amazon cargo aircraft ran off the runway, and five people died.