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01st Apr 2015

Two Ryanair planes clip each other’s wings at Dublin Airport

Thankfully, there were no injuries

Tony Cuddihy

Thankfully, there were no injuries.

Two Ryanair passenger jets clipped each other on the runway at Dublin Airport early on Wednesday morning.

The incident occurred in a taxiway area of the airport and emergency crew immediately attended the scene.

Ryanair said in a statement that, “the winglet of one aircraft appears to have scraped the tail fin of the other. Both aircraft were under the instruction of Dublin Airport Air Traffic Control at the time.

“Customers have been bussed back to the terminal and will board replacement aircraft to continue their journeys to Edinburgh and Zadar.

“Ryanair apologises sincerely to customers for any inconvenience caused.”

Image: @CatherineFinan1

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