Two Planes Collide While Taxiing at Miami International Airport: Copa Jet Wingtip Strikes UPS Freighter Nose, Two People Sustain Minor Injuries
Two planes collided while taxiing at Miami International Airport in Florida on the night of November 14: a Copa Airlines Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived from Panama City struck, with its wingtip, the nose of a UPS Boeing 767 freighter taxiing for departure. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it is investigating; the airport said two people sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
The FAA said the collision occurred at about 9:15 p.m. at the intersection of two taxiways. Copa Airlines Flight 427 had arrived from Panama City with 166 passengers and six crew members, all of whom later disembarked as the plane returned to the terminal; UPS Flight 358 was bound for Bogota, Colombia. The FAA said air traffic controllers had instructed the UPS crew to give way to the Copa flight.
Greg Chin, communications director at Miami International Airport, said the two injured people had minor injuries and were treated at the scene by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews and did not require hospital transport. The airport said operations were not affected and flights were routed to other taxiways. UPS said its crew was safe and that it is working with authorities to determine what happened; Copa Airlines said it regretted the disruption to its passengers.
The collision came a day after a nationwide ground stop ended. The FAA's November 13 nationwide grounding had forced widespread cancellations, and airports were still recovering on November 14; FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford had said the national flight schedule was expected to return to normal by the end of Sunday, November 15. The cause remains under FAA investigation. (Source: Federal Aviation Administration)
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Photo: 图：UPS波音767-300F货机资料图（2025年摄于波士顿，非本次事故飞机与现场）。照片：4300streetcar，CC BY 4.0，经维基共享资源。/ Photo: A UPS Boeing 767-300F freighter in a file photo (Boston, 2025; not the aircraft or the scene of this incident). By 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
