Two people injured after two planes collide at Miami Airport

A Copa Airlines Boeing 737, carrying 166 passengers and six crew members from Panama City, struck the nose of a departing UPS Boeing 767 cargo plane with its wingtip.

Airport paramedics treated two passengers for minor injuries after the aircraft reached the terminal and everyone disembarked. Copa Airlines confirmed all other passengers and crew members remain in good condition.

The Panama-based carrier expressed regret over the incident, reiterated passenger safety as its top priority, and pledged full cooperation with investigating authorities.

Viral air traffic control audio captured the immediate aftermath. The Copa Airlines pilot told controllers that someone hit their aircraft and noted their left wingtip was missing.

The UPS pilot, preparing to depart for Bogota, Colombia, confirmed the contact, admitting their aircraft went too far before the Copa plane clipped them.

Passenger Cesar Ferreira told CNN he heard loud chatter and a collective scream before feeling the impact. He felt the cabin jerk sideways before crew members calmed everyone down.

This collision marks the second major incident at Miami International Airport in two months. Previously, an Amazon cargo plane skidded off a runway, killing five people and injuring five.

The crash unfolded as United States air travel recovers from Friday’s historic nationwide ground stop, the longest flight suspension since September 2001.

A faulty router installed by government contractor L3Harris disrupted critical air traffic control radio frequencies, causing a five-hour shutdown that delayed or cancelled over 20,000 flights.

Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Bryan Bedford stated that airlines expect to restore normal flight schedules across the country by Sunday evening.