Virgin Atlantic mentioned there can be no disruption to its flying programme on Saturday.
London:
The wingtip of an empty Virgin Atlantic jet collided with a stationary British Airways airliner whereas being towed from a stand at London’s Heathrow Airport on Saturday, the airways mentioned.
Heathrow, Britain’s busiest airport, mentioned no passenger accidents had been reported and it didn’t anticipate any ongoing affect to the airport’s operations.
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“Our plane is being assessed by our engineering groups and now we have supplied another plane to restrict the affect on our clients,” British Airways mentioned in a press release.
Virgin Atlantic mentioned its empty Boeing 787-9 had simply accomplished a flight and was being towed to a different a part of the airfield when the incident occurred at Terminal 3.
A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson mentioned: “We have commenced a full and thorough investigation and our engineering groups are performing upkeep checks on the plane, which for now has been taken out of service.”
The airline mentioned there can be no disruption to its flying programme on Saturday.
Heathrow mentioned it was working with emergency companies and the 2 airways in response to the incident.
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