BA probes runway collision

BRITISH Airways was yesterday investigating a runway collision involving one of its jumbo jets and another packed passenger plane.

Members of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch were also looking into the incident at Heathrow Airport between a BA Boeing 747 and a SriLankan Airlines Airbus A340.

Passengers described how the Airbus hit the BA plane from behind, “chopping off a bit of wing”, in the incident at about 10.10pm on Monday. Nobody was hurt.