Jet hits stationary plane but both continued flights

Two passenger jets, including a Ryanair holiday flight, continued their journeys despite both aircraft being damaged in a ground incident at Barcelona Airport last year.

In its annual report for 2011, Spain’s Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes e Incidents de Aviacion Civil confirmed the circumstances of the Apr 14, 2011, incident.

The Spanish authorities confirmed the ground collision incident involved an American Airlines jet bound for New York and a Ryanair flight destined for the Spanish island of Ibiza that carried 169 passengers.