Jets collide on tarmac, no injuries
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Two commercial jets collided on the tarmac at Melbourne Airport yesterday, officials said, damaging the aircraft but causing no injury to passengers.
The crash, between a reversing Virgin Australia 737 and an A320 Jetstar craft, saw one jet lose part of its tail cone and the other suffer wing damage, according to engineers who witnessed the damage.
“There were no injuries from (an) accident involving two aircraft which made contact while taxiing this morning, (which is) now under investigation,” Melbourne Airport said on Twitter. “Airport operations are normal. Two gates temporarily out of use pending investigation.”
The Virgin aircraft, bound for Maroochydore and carrying 175 passengers, hit an empty Jetstar jet as it was leaving the gate for takeoff at 9:30am, Virgin said.
Its wing-tip was damaged but the Jetstar aircraft lost the end of its tail cone, said engineer Paul Cousins, who put the damage bill at at least 3 million Australian dollars (US$2.75 million) for each airline.
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