Updated November 15, 2026. Two aircraft collided on the ground at Miami International Airport at approximately 9:15 p.m. Saturday, November 14, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and airport officials. Two people sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene, the airport said.
The FAA said the left wingtip of a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 struck the nose of a UPS Boeing 767 cargo aircraft while both planes were taxiing. The Copa flight had arrived from Panama City, Panama, and was headed to its gate. UPS was taxiing for departure to Bogotá, Colombia. Air traffic controllers had told the UPS crew to give way to the Copa flight, according to the FAA’s account.
Copa Airlines said 166 passengers and six crew members were aboard its Boeing 737-800NG. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue treated two patients for minor injuries; neither required transport to a hospital, airport communications director Greg Chin said.
The collision damaged both aircraft. Flights used other taxiways, and airport officials said there was no overall impact to airport operations. The precise sequence and cause have not been established in the information released so far. The instruction to give way does not, by itself, establish why the planes made contact. Officials have not linked this collision to a technology failure.
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Sources: Statements from the FAA, Miami International Airport and Copa Airlines, as reported by Euronews on November 15, 2026.