Two Ryanair jets were damaged after they collided at a London, England, airport on Saturday morning, the latest in a string of accidents involving airplanes.
The incident at Stansted Airport occurred at around 6:50 a.m. local time when a Boeing plane headed for Poland and another that just came from Germany collided in a parking area, The Independent reported.
Ryanair officials said the collision was minor, and though the planes suffered damages, none of the crew or passengers were injured.
"This morning at London Stansted the wing tip and tail cone of two Ryanair aircraft made contact while one aircraft was taxing to stand and the other was commencing pushback from stand," Ryanair spokesman Robin Kiely told the newspaper.
Essex police at the scene conducted "routine breath"tests" on the pilots to determine if alcohol was involved, the results of which were negative, according to the Associated Press.
Flights were delayed for three hours after the incident. Passengers on the Ryanair planes later arrived at their destinations aboard two replacement aircraft, Kiely told The Independent.
The extent of the damage to the wing tip and the other plane's tail cone was not immediately known. Both were Boeing 737-800 planes capable of carrying up to 189 passengers.
"Our Stansted-based engineering team are currently investigating and will repair both aircraft and return them to service as soon as possible," Kiely said.
"Ryanair sincerely apologizes to the affected customers for any inconvenience," the spokesman added.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is looking into the incident.
There have been several incidents involving aircraft in recent months, some of them fatal.
In May, passengers were leaving a Southwest Airlines flight at a Seattle airport when the jet bridge they were on suddenly dropped several feet. No one was injured.
In June, a skydiving employee at a Ohio facility was struck and killed when she accidentally walked into a standing plane's propeller.
