MIAMI, 15 November 2026 — Two people were treated for minor injuries after a Copa Airlines passenger jet and a UPS cargo aircraft collided on the ground at Miami International Airport on Saturday evening.
The incident happened at approximately 9:15pm local time on 14 November at the intersection of two taxiways. According to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the wingtip of a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 struck the nose of a UPS Boeing 767 as both aircraft were taxiing.
Passenger aircraft had just arrived
Copa Airlines Flight CM427 had arrived from Panama City, Panama, carrying 166 passengers and six crew members. The UPS cargo aircraft, Flight 358, was preparing to depart for Bogotá, Colombia.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue treated two people at the scene for minor injuries. Neither required hospital transport. The remaining passengers and crew disembarked safely.
FAA investigating
The FAA said air traffic controllers had instructed the UPS crew to give way to the Copa Airlines aircraft. In air traffic control recordings reported by US media, a UPS pilot acknowledged that the aircraft had moved too far forward. The precise circumstances and responsibility for the collision remain under investigation.
Airport officials said flights were diverted to other taxiways and that the incident did not materially affect airport operations. UPS said its crew was safe and that it was cooperating with authorities.
The ground collision occurred one day after a separate nationwide disruption to US aviation operations. No causal link between the two events has been established.
Featured image: Archive aerial view of Miami International Airport, January 2026, by Quintin Soloviev, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The photograph does not show the collision.
