BA probes runway collision

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

Wed, 17 Oct, 2007 - 01:00

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.

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