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Two planes clipped at Miami International Airport Thursday, but there were no injuries from the incident, a MIA spokeswoman said.
An inbound Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340 arriving from Buenos Aires clipped an outbound Air France Boeing 777 that was parked at the gate, said Maria Elena Levrant of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department.
Air France Flight 695 was preparing to depart with 350 passengers for Paris.
"It was just like a big jolt, and then shaking, and then it stopped," passenger Bente Densen said.
Looking out their windows, the passengers saw part of their plane's wing destroyed. Emergency crews flooded the scene.
The Aerolineas Argentinas aircraft was taxiing to a gate when the collision occured in the ramp area near Gate H-10 at 5 p.m., Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.
The flight to France was cancelled.
"They didn't send nobody to tell us something. We're just standing here and waiting and waiting and waiting," Valentino Hutu said.
Aerolineas Argentinas Flight 1304 had 240 passengers on board.
Levrant said the planes did not touch each other at a high speed. Passengers said they heard and felt quite an impact, however.
"Boom. We knew something happened," Teva Benshlomo said.
The Air France passengers were going to be put on a different flight going to France, Levrant said.
Some people played games to pass the time, while employees rushed to try and figure out how to get the hundreds of passengers where they wanted to go.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating, Levrant said.
The airport set a record for the most passenger and cargo traffic last year, with 39.5 million passengers and 2.1 million tons of cargo.
Just last month, a Spirit Airlines aircraft clipped a parked US Airways jet at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
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That is one expensive fender bender.
Even low cost cars today can park themselves. It seems like that same technology could save some serious coin at airports.
Just sayin...
Uh-oh ! Better get MAACO !
nah! MAACO does terrible body work and will use chinese aftermarket parts &fill it up with BONDO, it would not "fly" take them to the dealer or trusted shop :P
they must not be used to driving in the us!
Collide?? It just was clipping wings. I love how the news uses such BIG words. Maybe its the exagerated media thats part of this countries problem.
Collide was maybe a bit much, but they were damaged enough that they weren't able to fly.
They didn't send nobody to tell us something
Eventually these dumb dicks will discover the twenty dollar wing tip camera. Start with the A380 before the next hit.
To coin a phrase (with a small liberty) by the late George Carlin.....
That wasn't a near catastrophic miss....that was a near catastrophic hit!"
Scare Bus was upset that Boeing made more aircraft than they did during 12012...
With composite wings and other components, a MINOR incident is BIG BUCKS. The MAJOR problem is the undetectable damage done to the visibly undamaged adjacent parts and major structures...
Ask any Vette owner...
That is why you are required to have wing walkers. Where were they?
Wing walkers are not required at big airports as you suggest. As a pilot, I'd guess the A340 probably strayed from the center line on the taxiway while moving and got too close to the parked 777's tail. This has happened on several occasions in the last few years.
So the headline says "Two jets collide at Miami airport"
You read the article to find out that one plane clipped wings with another parked airplane at low speed.
I think that's called sensationalizing to get you to read the article.
No kidding! The headlines are getting a little out of hand when it comes to grabbing your attention. Yesterday I read one that said, "Major breakthrough in search for cancer cure" only to find that statistically, cancer deaths are on the decline; no actual new discovery or anything of the sort. Misleading is hardly the word.
Yeah, it could have said they "touched", but that would have probably set the SNL Church Lady off.
Thanks JErrry, I saw that headline and as a cancer sufferer was interested, so you saved me the trouble and the disappointment of reading it..
54Buick--MSN is notorious for sucking you into an article by titilating headlines. They'll say "All star MLB player dies" (and I'm a decades long baseball fan) and when you click on, you don't even recognize the name. Ditto 'TV stars', 'movie stars' etc.
Bait and switch. Classic MSN.
My thoughts exactly !!! I was preparing myself to read about a terrible tragedy, only to find that a parked plane was clipped by another plane that was taxiing along the runway.
Write up Raul from Argentina up for Careless Flying/Driving worth 4 points......
Where were the Airport Police, at the time of this "collision"?
Shouldn't his license be suspended, until after the investigation
determines "fault"? No wonder the "checked baggage fees"
have been put in place? We are paying for their stupidity,
and for mechanics who can't even anchor the new seats properly.
Why doesn't the FAA FINE these carriers for emotional distress
and delaying the passengers and the inconvenience they suffer?
Time for a Class Action lawsuit. When Pilots have to pay, out of
their own pockets, they will use more care, when they taxi along
the runway. No excuse, for inattention, when 350 souls on board
put their lives in your hands!
That'sthe way...Rant much?
Emotional distress!, why don't you move to Pakistan and get some REAL emotional distress. Whinny a$$!
And a class action lawsuit? People like you are what's wrong with this country today!
Now, just go away, and stay that way!
Let me guess...female pilot!!! LOL
whynot-3744338.........I'm sure they were male drivers that failed to ask directions before leaving. :}
Please take in good humor!! Just having some fun.
Funny!!!
I thought they were both funny lines.
What I don't understand is why the passengers were moved to another plane. It seems their plane still had one good wing.
...if you want to spend all your time flying in circles, lots of dizzy passengers and ralphing in the aisles.
On a wing and a prayer no doubt!
Pilot was playing Words with Friends with Alec Baldwin.
It was the gieco pig, he didn't turn his I-pad off!
Or maybe the gecko was the pilot ?
Were breathalizer tests administered?
It is the republicans' fault. Or the democrats' fault. I can't decide.
On these posts, usually everything is Obama's fault. I think a lot of not very smart people think Obama, or any president we have had has buttons to control everything that happens in and to our country. Hang-nails? Obama's fault! In-grown toenails? Obama's fault! LOL.
Neither, they were foreigners (French/Argentinian), not sure if they were here legally though.
AllpeopleRights--I agree. NO president can be in control of EVERYTHING, or to blame for everything. I'm sure you'd ALSO agree that the DEMS are STILL blaming BUSH for everything, too. I never voted for Shrub, and I voted for Obama in '08, and it alwasy amazes me the way both got credit for stuff they had nothing to do with, and blame for stuff they also had nothing to do with.
Totally agree -
Play Obama and blame it on BUSH...
Hey, you never know . . . maybe the pilots did not feel like working that day.
I am sure they had better things to do . . .
Title: Two jets collide! Well, that would be disastrous. Then you get to the article and one was clipped on the ground. Glad the title was not true, or we would be talking about fatalities. Terrific journalism! Meh!
Relax, there are much bigger problems to worry about.
My relaxation has nothing to do with my comment. I'm relaxed, are you? Or, are you just policing the internet to see who you think is relaxed and who isn't? You are the one who needs to relax. You take care of yourself and I will take care of myself.
First, relaxed people don't have to post in bold. Second, get a sense of humor. Third, yes, I am policing the internet, and my people are coming to arrest you right now, hide under your bed. I am relaxed and lauging as I type this.
You are wrong, relaxed people do post in bold when they want to emphasize a point. Doesn't mean one is angry just because one emphasizes.
Oh yeah, and for your humor - LOL, LOL.
My headline says "Big jolt as two planes clip wings". I guess APR has the power to change headlines!
I wonder if there was any fuel spilled as isn't the fuel tanks located in the wings on all of these planes?
This applies to both of the planes, it could have been one horrible accident if a tank were ruptured during all this with 490 people between the two planes.
Sure glad no one was hurt and at least this is a break from the news on the Boeing 787 dream-liner since its been grounded.
Better get Maco I guess. lol
But your cut-rate insurance may not pay for this damage. Mayhem is everywehere. Are you in good hands ?
There used to be a bar down Red Road from the airport called the 95th Aero Squadron that had a timer on the wall for the pilots so they could pound down drinks right to the legal time limit - is it still there? And were either of these pilots there?
The problem with foreign drivers.
Collide ? Clipped? YAHOO SUCKS
NObama
Oh crap… Now France is going to have to invade Argentina…
...and then surrender! ;-)
oh no now there will be another war and i do not want another war;
i also hate it when people tell me to relax because i cannot relax after
reading this.
because now the US will have to get into this war and there will be another
draft, just like before . . . .
NBC = No Body Cares, except liberals, homosexuals, dumocrats, anti-second amendment lossers.
What an ugly minded person you are. You are pitied.
Yes, I vote to pity you also, you jerk. You are the loser here. I am sure you have no friends.
I'll bet some aircraft handler is going to be replaced.
NOT SURPRISING.... Miami airport is and has always been a mad house along with all the rude un-helpfull people that work in that airport. Imagine what all these stranded travelers must be facing!! I feel sorry for those affected.
Makes you want to go down there and hop on a plane right away.
Oops texting and taxiyng....
Fri. 1/18/13
Some body got some Splaining to Do ! Are these Airline Pilots ex US Navy Officers ?
Opps ! Broken Periscope on a Nuclear Submarine? Mine Sweeper runs aground on a Reef ?
Can you just imagine the Razzing these Navy Officers are going to endure from their fellow Navy Officers ?
& Yes Ramp Service "Wing Walkers" should be used during High Traffic periods at AirPorts !
That's a No Brainer DUH ! SPW in Alaska