2 Commercial Planes Collide at London’s Largest Airport Just Before Take-Off

2 Commercial Planes Collide at London’s Largest Airport Just Before Take-Off
Grounded commercial planes sit on the tarmac at London's Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 in west London on Sept. 9, 2019. Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images
Lorenz Duchamps
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Two passenger planes collided with each other late on Wednesday on the tarmac while taxiing shortly before take-off at London’s Heathrow Airport, sparking an emergency response, the airport said.

Heathrow confirmed to local media that the incident between two commercial aircraft happened around 8 p.m. local time on Sept. 28 and involved Icelandair and Korean Air aircraft, noting that the accident wasn’t a “full-on” collision.

Lorenz Duchamps
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