MIAMI — Reports of a taxiway collision at Miami International Airport on Saturday evening, November 14, involved a UPS Boeing 767 cargo aircraft and a Copa Airlines Boeing 737-800 passenger jet.
The aircraft were identified as UPS Flight 358, preparing to depart for Bogotá, Colombia, and Copa Airlines Flight 427, arriving from Panama City.
Initial accounts placed the Copa aircraft’s landing at approximately 9:01 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The passenger jet was taxiing toward its gate while the UPS aircraft was heading out for departure.
A pilot was quoted in accounts of the air traffic control exchange describing contact with a wing:
“Yeah, we went too far and he clipped us with the wing.”
Flight-tracking images circulated with the accounts showed the aircraft stopped near Taxiways Y and P.
Official confirmation of injuries, aircraft damage and the circumstances of the collision was not available at the time of writing.
The reports emerged as airlines recovered from Friday’s nationwide ground stop. The Associated Press reported that air traffic control communications problems halted departures for more than four hours, with disruption continuing into Saturday.
Swikblog has also covered the separate Air France and American Airlines near miss at LAX earlier this month.
This is a developing story.
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