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The wing of the passenger plane and the nose of the cargo plane have been damaged in the accident.
Two planes collided at Miami Airport in America on Saturday night. A Copa Airlines passenger plane from Panama City was approaching the airport when its wing collided with the front of a UPS cargo plane.
Two people aboard the passenger plane sustained minor injuries in the accident. There were 172 people on board the plane, including 166 passengers and 6 crew members. Everyone was taken out safely.
After the accident, the front part of the cargo plane collapsed.
Both planes were operating on the taxiway at the time of the collision
The accident happened at around 9:15 pm American time. At that time both the planes were running on the taxiway of the airport. The UPS cargo plane was preparing to take off en route to Bogota, Colombia.
Immediately after the collision, the Copa Airlines pilot told Air Traffic Control (ATC), ‘Someone has hit our plane.’ After this the control tower asked the UPS pilot whether his plane had collided with another plane.
To this the UPS pilot replied, ‘Yes, we had gone a little ahead. After this the wing of the other plane collided with our plane. After some time, the Kopa pilot said that the left wing of his plane also appeared to be broken.
Passengers said – due to the collision the plane suddenly turned to one side
Cesar Ferreira, a Copa Airlines passenger, told CNN that the plane was proceeding at normal speed to the airport. Then suddenly the voices of the passengers started getting louder. After this, the sound of people screaming came and the shock of the collision of another plane was felt.
He told that as soon as the collision occurred, the plane suddenly jerked to one side and turned. Some passengers panicked, but crew members immediately asked everyone to remain in their seats.
Copa Airlines said the plane was brought to the terminal and all passengers were disembarked safely. Two passengers had minor injuries. The remaining passengers and crew members are safe. The company has said to cooperate with the authorities in the investigation.
UPS has also confirmed that the crew members of its aircraft are safe. The company said it would work with authorities to determine the cause of the accident.
A collision between the two planes can be seen in the map released by flight radar.
Two months ago also a major accident took place at the same airport.
This incident happened after a major accident at Miami Airport about two months ago. On September 6, an Amazon cargo plane from San Juan, Puerto Rico overshot the runway. The plane crossed the airport boundary and collided with two vehicles and caught fire. 5 people died and 5 were injured in the accident.
Investigation revealed that the pilot of the plane had tried to stop the landing, but the plane overshot the runway.
After landing at the airport in Miami city, the plane went off the runway and collided with vehicles parked in the parking lot.
Flight crisis continues in America
The collision occurred at a time when thousands of flights in the US were affected due to a malfunction in the air traffic control system on Friday. It was reported to be the longest flight ground stop in the country after the September 2001 terrorist attacks.
America’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had banned flights across the country after a malfunction in the radio system. Air traffic controllers give instructions to pilots through this system.
Due to this blockage which lasted for about 5 hours, more than 20 thousand flights were affected since Friday. Officials suspect that the problem occurred due to a malfunction in a router installed by government contractor L3Harris.
FAA chief Brian Bedford said airlines expect flight schedules to return to normal by the end of the business day Sunday.
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