- Two passenger jets had been concerned in a minor collision at London’s Heathrow Airport on Wednesday.
- An airport spokesperson instructed Insider that the incident concerned Korean Air and Icelandair planes.
- There have been no accidents and the officers are investigating the incident, Heathrow mentioned.
A collision between two passengers jets on a runway of London’s Heathrow airport led to emergency providers scrambling.
A spokesperson for Heathrow airport instructed Insider: “Yesterday night our groups responded to a minor collision between two plane on the airfield. There have been no accidents because of the incident and all passengers and crew had been safely disembarked.”Â
The spokesperson mentioned the incident concerned planes from Korean Air and Icelandair and that an investigation is underway.
Korean Air and Icelandair didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark made outdoors of regular working hours.
An image tweeted by Dan Sabbagh, a journalist for the Guardian who was a passenger on the Korean Air flight, confirmed a number of emergency automobiles parked on the runway.
Based on The Guardian, the wing of the Korean Air aircraft destined for Seoul clipped the wing of the parked Icelandair aircraft whereas taxiing earlier than its meant take-off at round 8 p.m. native time. The Day by day Star first reported the information.Â
The Heathrow spokesperson mentioned there was no vital influence on arrivals or departures on Wednesday and the airport continued to function usually.
Heathrow has dealt with greater than 38 million passengers as much as August this yr, based on its web site. Pre-pandemic passenger ranges topped 81 million, making it one of many world’s busiest airports.Â
Vacationers endured lengthy queues and mass delays on the airport this summer time. At one level, it was compelled to cap each day passenger numbers at 100,000 to ease the disruption.Â
