Singapore Airlines aircraft touch wingtips
The wingtips of two Singapore Airlines planes hit each other while preparing for take-off at Changi Airport, but nobody was injured.
SIA spokesman Stephen Forshaw said: ‘It is reported that the wingtips of two aircraft came into contact while both aircraft were taxiing at low speed.”
Both Boeing 777 aircraft suffered minor damage in the incident, with the passengers transferred to other aircraft for their flights to Rome and Copenhagen.
The airline did not say how many passengers on board each aircraft
Forshaw said an investigation had begun, with the pilots of both aircraft assisting the relevant authorities.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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