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

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.

Read more: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/two-airplanes-collide-at-south-koreas-gimpo-airport-amid-heavy-rain-no-one-hurt

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