{"id":346034,"date":"2025-08-15T08:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/346034\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T08:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:10:13","slug":"easyjet-planes-clip-wings-in-manchester-airport-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/346034\/","title":{"rendered":"EasyJet planes clip wings in Manchester Airport collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755184337_952_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bab54f40-79a3-11f0-a7e9-1ba858cfd910.png.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Phil Aspin Image taken from a plane window shows the other orange and white liveried EasyJet plane on another taxiway. Both taxiways are joining together at a junction where their wings have clipped.\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>Phil Aspin<\/p>\n<p>A passenger on one of the EasyJet planes took this image after the crash<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Two planes have collided on the airfield at Manchester Airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The EasyJet aircraft clipped wings during taxiing at about 06:30 BST, an airport spokesman said. There have been no reports of injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Passengers have since disembarked from both planes which had been due to take off for Paris and Gibraltar respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Flights have resumed at the airport following a brief suspension for a safety assessment which found minor damage to the planes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Tynisha Chaudhry, who was on the Gibraltar-bound flight with her partner, compared the collision to a car crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;We felt the whole plane shudder \u2013 it was a massive hit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">She said &#8220;a lot of fire engines&#8221; and other safety staff attended the scene, as passengers waited onboard during inspections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The atmosphere among passengers was &#8220;okay&#8221; but some children and their parents became &#8220;tense&#8221; before they were allowed to return to the terminal, she added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755184337_952_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/f22afc70-79aa-11f0-a7e9-1ba858cfd910.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Tynisha Chaudhry Two airport workers in yellow high-visability jackets can seen standing on a cherry picker inspecting the tip of a wing that's clipped off a plane. Passengers are aslo seen going down the stairs from the other EasyJet plane as two other safety workers stand onthe airfield.\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>Tynisha Chaudhry<\/p>\n<p>Images show the tip of a wing clipped off as passengers disembark from the other plane<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">An EasyJet spokesperson said: &#8220;EasyJet can confirm that the wing tips of two aircraft came into contact whilst taxiing to the runway at Manchester Airport this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;The aircraft returned to stand to disembark customers who have been provided with refreshment vouchers whilst replacement aircraft are arranged to operate the flights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;We apologise to customers for the delay to their flights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;The safety of our passengers and crew is our highest priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phil Aspin A passenger on one of the EasyJet planes took this image after the crash Two planes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-346034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115031771195400914","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}