British Airways A350 collides with Emirates 777 at Dubai

British Airways A350 at London Heathrow (Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
British Airways A350 at London Heathrow (Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)

A British Airways Airbus A350 has collided with an Emirates Boeing 777 on the ground at Dubai International (DXB/OMDB).

The aircraft, G-XWBA, was due to operate British Airways flight BA106 to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL).

An image posted on Twitter by @airline_kitty shows that both aircraft appear to have suffered damage to their horizontal stabilisers & elevators.

It is understood that the incident happened as the British Airways A350 was being pushed back from the stand ready for departure.

G-XWBA is one of British Airways newest aircraft. The A350-1000XWB was delivered in July 2019.

British Airways has confirmed that the aircraft was operating a cargo only flight so no passengers were onboard.

The airline said “Safety is always our highest priority. The aircraft will be fully assessed before it is cleared to fly”

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