The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has just reported to the Ministry of Construction and the National Traffic Safety Committee about the incident where the wingtip of aircraft numbered VN-A863 collided with the vertical tail of aircraft numbered VN-A338 at Noi Bai International Airport on June 27, 2025.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, initial information collected about the incident shows that the collision caused damage to the right wing tip of VN-A863 and damage to the vertical tail and rudder of VN-A338. All passengers and crew are safe.
Noi Bai International Airport and the Northern Airport Authority coordinated with relevant units to approach the scene, record and make a preliminary assessment of the incident.
After recording all the information, the incident scene was cleared at 3:25 p.m. the same day. The two damaged aircraft were then taken to the maintenance workshop for assessment and repair.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has collected information about the aircraft, crew, flight and sealed the aircraft's recording device to serve the work. At the same time, an Investigation Team has been established to investigate and verify the cause of the incident.
Regarding the incident, according to Vietnamnet, the national airline Vietnam Airlines has temporarily suspended four pilots of two flight crews on the Airbus A321 and Boeing 787 to clarify the incident.
Previously , the Northern Airport Authority also sent a report to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam stating that the initial verification cause was that the VN-A338 aircraft stopped before the runway 11R/29L waiting stop (on taxiway S3) to perform intersection take-off (taking off from a point on the runway that is not the beginning of the runway) on runway 11R/29L and parked at the wrong stop.
The incident caused damage to the right wing tip of VN-A863 and damage to the vertical wing of VNA338. Some debris from both planes was collected at the scene.
These two planes had to stop operating for technical inspection, flight VN1804 had 127 passengers and flight VN7205 had 259 passengers, the plane's luggage was brought back to the terminal.
As reported by Vietnam Law Newspaper, the collision between two Vietnam Airlines planes while moving in the taxiway area occurred on the afternoon of June 27, at Noi Bai airport.
Source: https://baophapluat.vn/dieu-tra-nguyen-nhan-2-may-bay-va-nhau-tai-san-bay-noi-bai-post553393.html
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