Manchester airport suspends flights after easyJet planes collide | Manchester

Flights were briefly suspended at Manchester Airport on Friday morning after the two Easyjet planes collided with each other, and cropped the wings while taxed on the departure track.

Two aircraft were flying to Paris and Gibraltar. They cropped the wings at 6.30, but they were able to return to a booth where all passengers landed. There is no injury report.

Manchester Airport spokesman confirmed that the aircraft cropped the wings while taxing at an airport.

Söz We have briefly suspended the operations, we were evaluated to see that they would not be able to return to a booth and they could continue because the operations continue after a few minutes, ”he said.

Tynisha Chaudhry, who was on the flight of Gibraltar with his wife, compared the collision with a car accident. “We felt all the aircraft chill – it was a big hit,” He told BBC.

Authority, “too much firefighters” and other security teams, passengers were waiting as the inspections were made, he said.

Easyjet said that an investigation was initiated immediately to understand what happened.

A spokesman said: “Easyjet may confirm that the wings of the two aircraft contact this morning when passing into a taxi on the runway in Manchester Airport.

“Aircraft, renewal coupons are provided to customers, spare planes are arranged to run flights.

“We apologize to customers for the delay of flights. The safety of our passengers and crew is our highest priority.”

The relevant flights were Ezy2267 from Manchester to Gibraltar and Ezy2117 from Manchester to Paris Charles de Gaulle.

Some passengers published pictures of the incident on social media: one of them: “Disney Paris trip started well at #manchesterairport #easyjet.”

A Friday in mid -August is a busy day for all UK Airports but LIVE DEPARTMENT COMMITTEE at Manchester Airport It did not seem to show wider delays caused by the incident.