A passenger jet and a cargo plane collided on a taxiway at Miami International Airport the evening of Saturday, Nov. 14, causing minor injuries to two passengers and damaging both aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after controllers had instructed the UPS jet to give way to the Copa Airlines plane.
The incident occurred at around 9:15 p.m. local time. Two people were treated for minor injuries, ABC News reported, citing Miami-Dade Aviation.
Here's what to know.
What happened?
Airport communications director Greg Chin said an arriving aircraft and a departing plane came into contact at the intersection of two taxiways, Reuters reported. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue identified the aircraft as a UPS Boeing 767 and a Copa Airlines Boeing 737.
Copa Flight 427 had just arrived from Panama City with 166 passengers and six crew members aboard, Islander News reported.
The two injured were treated at the scene by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue but did not need hospitalization, according to Miami-Dade Aviation.
The airport said flights were being diverted to other taxiways and operations were not affected.
UPS said in a statement that it was aware of an incident involving one of its aircraft on the ground in Miami.
Audio captures pilot exchange
Air traffic control audio captured the exchange moments after the impact, according to Greekreporter.com. The Copa pilot radioed that another aircraft had hit the jet.
When a controller asked the UPS crew whether the planes had made contact, a crew member replied, "Yeah, we went too far and he clipped us with his wing," according to the report. The FAA is investigating.
Was it related to the nationwide ground stop?
There's no indication so far that the collision was caused by the Nov. 13 nationwide FAA outage and ground stop, CBS News reported. It occurred amid the recovery from that disruption, but at this point they are considered separate incidents.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Copa Airlines, UPS planes collide at Miami airport, 2 injuries reported
