Two Airplanes Collide at South Korea's Gimpo Airport Amid Heavy Rain

June 26, 2018
The two airplanes that were being towed and collided at an airport in Gimpo in western Seoul.

SEOUL - Two airplanes that were being towed collided at an airport in Gimpo in western Seoul, causing damage to part of the jets and a four-hour delay in their take-offs, South Korean authorities said on Tuesday (June 26).

A Boeing 777 Korean Air plane hit its tail against a wing of an Airbus 330 Asiana Airlines plane in the apron of the International Terminal of the Gimpo International Airport at around 8am, reported Yonhap news agency.

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