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Two injured after passenger jet and cargo plane collide on tarmac – ‘somebody hit us’
A Copa Airlines passenger jet and a UPS cargo plane collided at a taxiway intersection at Miami International Airport, injuring two people. The incident matters because it damaged both aircraft and happened during widespread disruption to US air travel.
The collision occurred at about 9.15pm local time as the Copa flight arrived from Panama City and the UPS plane was heading to Bogota. The Copa jet’s wing struck the UPS aircraft’s nose; its pilot told air traffic control the cargo plane had gone too far into the intersection. The article also reports that a separate four-hour FAA halt to departing flights affected more than 15,000 flights, with 5,000 further cancellations forecast for Saturday.
In short
- Two people were injured in the Miami airport collision.
- A Copa jet’s wing struck the nose of a UPS plane.
- The crash came amid major US flight disruption.
Explained simply
Miami International Airport is a major hub for passenger and cargo flights, including services linking the United States with Latin America. Aircraft use taxiways to move between runways and terminals, and intersections are places where pilots must coordinate their movements.
Copa Airlines is based in Panama and flies passengers across the Americas; UPS operates cargo flights around the world. The airport incident came amid wider disruption to US air travel, after a separate Federal Aviation Administration halt to departures affected thousands of flights.