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Airplanes Reportedly Collide At Florida Airport [VIDEO]
Footage has surfaced of two commercial airplanes colliding at the airport in Miami‚ Florida.
The incident involved an American Airlines 777-200 and Frontier Airlines A320/321.
“American Airlines 777-200 collides with a Frontier Airlines A320/321 while being pushed back from the gate at Miami Airport‚” Breaking Aviation News &; Videos said.
“As the American Airlines 777 was moving back around 8:30 p.m. it hit a Frontier Airlines aircraft on Thursday evening. In a video‚ an airport employee can be seen running on the tarmac to stop the American plane from continuing to back up.”
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As the American Airlines 777 was moving back around 8:30 p.m. it hit a Frontier Airlines aircraft on Thursday evening. In a video‚ an airport employee can be seen running on the tarmac to stop the American plane from continuing to back up. pic.twitter.com/FMS8uRodwb
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American Airlines released the following statement:
“During pushback from the gate in Miami (MIA)‚ the wing tip of American Airlines flight 929 with service from MIA to São Paulo (GRU) made contact with the tail of a parked aircraft. Customers deplaned normally and the aircraft was taken out of service to be inspected by our maintenance team. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience this caused.”
Frontier Airlines also released a statement:
“Only crew members were on board the Frontier aircraft at the time and no injuries have been reported. Frontier is currently assessing damage and re-accommodating customers.”
"Only crew members were on board the Frontier aircraft at the time and no injuries have been reported. Frontier is currently assessing damage and re-accommodating customers‚" Frontier said in a statement.
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Both aircraft have reportedly been taken out of service pending maintenance fixes.
Aviation Source News reports:
The two aircraft involved in the incident in Miami was an American Airlines Boeing 777-200 and a Frontier Airlines Airbus A321neo.
Furthermore‚ video suggests that the registration of the two airframes are N736AT for the AA 777 and N630FR for the A321neo.
As per data from Planespotters.net‚ N736AT is a 8.1 year old Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
It was delivered to American Airlines back in March 2016.
The Frontier A321neo‚ registered as N630FR is a 0.4 year old airframe‚ having been delivered in October 2023.
N736AT was due to operate the AA929 service to Sao Paulo from Miami‚ with N630FR expected to fly to Dallas.
During the pushback phase for American Airlines flight AA929‚ the aircraft got too close to the Frontier A321neo.
As a result of this‚ the A321neo’s tail got clipped‚ which resulted in damage to both airframes.