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Miami airport: Planes collide on runway crossing day after national grounding
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Key Points:
- Two planes, a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 and a UPS Boeing 767, collided on the tarmac at Miami International Airport around 9:15 p.m. Saturday, resulting in minor injuries to two people.
- The collision occurred as the planes were taxiing, with the Copa flight's wingtip striking the nose of the UPS aircraft; air traffic controllers had instructed the UPS crew to yield to the Copa flight.
- All 166 passengers and six crew members on the Copa flight safely disembarked, and both airlines are cooperating with the FAA investigation into the incident.
- The Copa flight had just arrived from Panama City, while the UPS flight was preparing to depart for Bogotá, Colombia, at the time of the collision.
- This incident happened shortly after a nationwide FAA flight grounding on Friday, which caused widespread travel disruptions across the U.S.
