Two Boeing planes grounded at London’s Heathrow Airport
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April 6, 2024, 3:27 p.m. ET
The wingtip of an empty Virgin Atlantic jet collided with a desk bound British Airlines airliner whilst being towed from a stand at London’s Heathrow Airport on Saturday, the airways mentioned.
Heathrow, Britain’s busiest airport, mentioned no passenger accidents have been reported and it didn’t look forward to any ongoing have an effect on to the airport’s operations.
The wingtip of a British Airlines plane hit REUTERS
“Our plane is being assessed via our engineering groups and we have now equipped another plane to restrict the have an effect on on our shoppers,” British Airlines mentioned in a commentary.
Virgin Atlantic mentioned its empty Boeing 787-9 had simply finished a flight and used to be being towed to every other a part of the airfield when the incident took place at Terminal 3.
A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson mentioned: “We’ve commenced a complete and thorough investigation and our engineering groups are acting upkeep assessments at the plane, which for now has been taken out of carrier.”
The airline mentioned there can be no disruption to its flying program on Saturday.
Heathrow mentioned it used to be operating with emergency products and services and the 2 airways according to the incident.
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