Air France

Hundreds of Passengers Evacuated When Two Planes Touch at Miami Airport

By Orlando Personal Injury Attorney on January 24, 2013

Aerolinas Argentinas Airlines flight #1304 had just arrived at Miami International Airport from Buenos Aires and was on the taxiway heading to its arrival gate when one of its wings clipped the rear of Air France flight #695 that was boarding to take off for Paris. The incident occurred on Jan. 17 around 5:45 p.m. Fortunately, no one on board either aircraft was hurt in the incident, but MIA officials expected a full Federal Aviation Administration investigation to determine how it happened. There were 240 on board the Aerolinas Argentinas flight and an unknown number of passengers on the Air France flight when the incident occurred.

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