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Planes Collide on Tarmac Amid Ground Stop Chaos

Published by Daily Beast · United States 11 h ago
Marco Bello/REUTERS
Marco Bello/REUTERS · Daily Beast

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A UPS cargo plane and a Copa Airlines jet carrying 172 people collided on the tarmac at Miami International Airport on Saturday, one day after all nationwide flights were grounded…

A UPS cargo plane and a Copa Airlines jet carrying 172 people collided on the tarmac at Miami International Airport on Saturday, one day after all nationwide flights were grounded due to air traffic communications issues. Two people reported minor injuries from the 9:15 p.m. crash and were treated at the scene. “The wingtip of a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 struck the nose of a UPS Boeing 767 while the airplanes were taxiing,” the Federal Aviation Administration said.

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