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Daily Mail
28-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Boeing passenger plane SLICES tail of another jet on runway of major airport
Two Vietnam Airlines collided after a Boeing aircraft cut too close to an Airbus, slicing its tail on the airport tarmac. Two aircrafts were grounded on Friday at the Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport after a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that was taxiing down the runway hit an Airbus A321 around 2pm. The Airbus plane was waiting on the tarmac to depart for Dien Bien, Northern Airports Authority said. Video taken inside the Boeing plane showed it moving down the tarmac at a steady pace, its right wing dangerously close to the Airbus' tail end. The wing clipped the tail of the other plane, jerking to the left. The Boeing plane stopped moving for a moment before proceeding forward, slicing through the metal of the tail, damaging it. The Boeing stopped again after completely clearing passed the Airbus. Both planes were immediately grounded for inspection and passengers were brought back to their gates, according to VN Express, a Vietnamese outlet. None of the 386 passengers on the planes were injured and they were given alternate flights to get to their destination. All four pilots on both planes were suspended after the collision while the investigation is conducted, the outlet reported. An independent team will conduct the investigation, alongside the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). CAAV classified the incident as a Level B, the second highest on the scale of five tiers. A preliminary report suggested the Airbus was not parked in its designated spot on taxiway S3. Debris was cleared from the runway immediately. has reached out to CAAV for comment. According to expert analysis, 2025 is one of the deadliest years for air travel in the past decade. While the aviation industry maintains exceptionally high safety standards, the recent string of high-profile incidents has raised concerns that flying may be becoming more risky. The average number of deaths during flights per year currently stands at 284, according to Jan-Arwed Richter, founder of Jacdec, a German consulting firm that tracks aviation safety. That means 2025 has already had almost double the average number of air travel deaths. 2025's high level of fatalities comes on the back of one of the safest periods in the history of air travel.
The Independent
07-05-2025
- General
- The Independent
United Airlines planes clip wings at San Francisco airport in latest aviation safety incident
A United Airlines plane leaving San Francisco International Airport clipped wings with another United plane on Tuesday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. "While United Airlines Flight 863 was pushing back from the gate at San Francisco International Airport, its right wingtip struck the left wingtip of United Airlines Flight 877," The FAA told Fox News Digital. According to the FAA — which said it was investigating the incident — the collision occurred around 12:35 am in a part of the airport where air traffic controllers don't communicate with flight crews. The FAA said that Flight 863 was heading to Sydney, Australia, and that Flight 877 was departing for Hong Kong. United Airlines confirmed in a statement that no one was injured as a result of the collision. "A United aircraft made contact with the wing of another United aircraft while pushing back from a gate at San Francisco International Airport. No injuries occurred and passengers on both planes deplaned normally. We are working with our customers to rebook them on other flights," the airline said in a statement. Both planes involved in the incident are Boeing 777s. The minor collision is the latest in a stretch of unsettling aircraft incidents ranging from near misses on runways to the horrifying and tragic airplane and helicopter collision that killed 67 over the Potomac River in January. Last month, a few members of Congress had their own close call when an airplane at DCA — Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC — bumped the wing of the plane they had boarded. "Serving in Congress has come with some once in a lifetime experiences… like just now while stationary on the runway at DCA, another plane just bumped into our wing. Heading back to the gate, but thankfully everyone is ok! (And @RepGraceMeng is handing out grapes!)," Congressman Nick LaLota of New York wrote in an X post. In that instance, the wing of American Airlines Flight 5490 struck the wingtip of American Airlines Flight 4522 while it was taxiing on April 10. President Donald Trump directed Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to gut the federal workforce, and in doing so, thousands of workers were either cut from or voluntarily left — at the urging of Musk — the Department of Transportation, which includes the FAA. The firings come at a time when many Americans are already feeling anxiety over the safety of air travel and airports are working through staffing shortages. A lack of staff at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey led to major delays for seven straight days this month. But there are more than just workforce issues. A medical transport plane crashed in Philadelphia, killing a child and medical workers and destroying a home in January. Two days later, a United Airlines plane caught fire on the tarmac in Houston. A few days after that, a small commercial plane crashed in Alaska, killing all 10 of the people on board. Less than a month after the collision that killed 67 people over the Potomac, Reagan National almost saw another tragedy when an American Airlines flight almost hit a Delta Flight. Then it happened again almost a month later when a military jet preparing to land and a Delta plane preparing to take off had to be given last-second instructions to prevent a collision. Last month, a tour helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, killing a family that included three children and a former Navy SEAL who was piloting the craft.
Fox News
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
United Airlines planes in San Francisco clip wings
The right wingtip of a United Airlines plane departing a gate collided with the left wingtip of another United plane in San Francisco early on Tuesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. "While United Airlines Flight 863 was pushing back from the gate at San Francisco International Airport, its right wingtip struck the left wingtip of United Airlines Flight 877," the FAA told to Fox News Digital. "This occurred in an area where air traffic controllers do not communicate with flight crews. Flight 863 was headed to Sydney, Australia, and Flight 877 was headed to Hong Kong, China. The FAA will investigate the incident, which occurred around 12:35 a.m. local time on Tuesday, May 6." MAJOR AIRLINE MAKES BIG CHANGE TO EASE TRAVEL WOES AMID CHAOS AT NEWARK AIRPORT United Airlines noted in a statement that no one was injured in the incident. "A United aircraft made contact with the wing of another United aircraft while pushing back from a gate at San Francisco International Airport. No injuries occurred and passengers on both planes deplaned normally. We are working with our customers to rebook them on other flights," the airline noted in a statement that it provided to Fox News Digital. BUTTIGIEG 'GOT NOTHING DONE,' DUFFY DECLARES: 'PETE APPEARS UNBURDENED BY NO LONGER BEING A CABINET SECRETARY' The planes were both Boeing 777 aircraft. Last month, several members of Congress were aboard a plane that was struck by another aircraft. AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT CARRYING US LAWMAKERS 'BUMPED' BY SECOND PLANE ON TARMAC IN DC CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP "Serving in Congress has come with some once in a lifetime experiences… like just now while stationary on the runway at DCA, another plane just bumped into our wing. Heading back to the gate, but thankfully everyone is ok! (And @RepGraceMeng is handing out grapes!)," Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., said in a post on X at the time. "The wingtip of American Airlines Flight 5490 struck American Airlines Flight 4522 on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport around 12:45 p.m. local time on Thursday, April 10," the FAA noted.
