Collision between 767 and 747 at Melbourne airport!
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Collision between 767 and 747 at Melbourne airport!
Minor collision at Melbourne Airport
02feb06
TWO passenger planes have clipped wings on the runway at Melbourne Airport, sparking an air safety investigation and delaying passengers.
A Qantas Boeing 767, carrying 155 passengers and 11 crew, and a United Airlines 747, carrying 99 passengers and 14 crew, were both due to leave the airport when the incident occurred about 1.30pm (AEDT).
Both airlines said no passengers were injured and alternative flights were being arranged.
Investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) were this afternoon on their way to the scene.
Qantas flight 434 was bound for Sydney, a Qantas spokeswoman said.
She said the plane "was clipped by a Boeing 747 operated by another airline at a taxiway at Melbourne Airport".
United released a statement this afternoon, saying its flight 840 from Melbourne to Los Angeles via Sydney "reported a wingtip touch with a Qantas aircraft as it taxied".
An ATSB spokesman said he could not provide information on the incident until an investigation had occurred.
02feb06
TWO passenger planes have clipped wings on the runway at Melbourne Airport, sparking an air safety investigation and delaying passengers.
A Qantas Boeing 767, carrying 155 passengers and 11 crew, and a United Airlines 747, carrying 99 passengers and 14 crew, were both due to leave the airport when the incident occurred about 1.30pm (AEDT).
Both airlines said no passengers were injured and alternative flights were being arranged.
Investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) were this afternoon on their way to the scene.
Qantas flight 434 was bound for Sydney, a Qantas spokeswoman said.
She said the plane "was clipped by a Boeing 747 operated by another airline at a taxiway at Melbourne Airport".
United released a statement this afternoon, saying its flight 840 from Melbourne to Los Angeles via Sydney "reported a wingtip touch with a Qantas aircraft as it taxied".
An ATSB spokesman said he could not provide information on the incident until an investigation had occurred.
