Two planes collide at Miami airport as audio reveals moment pilot tells air traffic control they'd been hit

Detailed summary

According to audio published on ATC, a UPS flight collided with a Copa Airlines flight that had just touched down in the Florida city on Saturday night.

Published: 02:56 GMT, 15 November 2026 | Updated: 03:01 GMT, 15 November 2026

Two planes have collided while taxiing at Miami International Airport, with audio revealing the moment one of the pilots had to tell air traffic control of the mishap.

According to audio published on ATC, a UPS flight collided with a Copa Airlines flight that had just touched down in the Florida city on Saturday night.

The flight, according to Flightaware, had just touched down after arriving in from Panama City when it was struck.

'Somebody hit us', the pilot said as an air traffic controller then responded: 'UPS 358, you're supposed to give way to the 73 there.'

According to audio published on ATC, a UPS flight collided with a Copa Airlines flight that had just touched down in the Florida city on Saturday night. The airport is seen here in an image from Friday

After a short back and forth, which is largely unintelligible, the controller asked: 'UPS 358 did you hit that aircraft?'

The pilot responded: 'Yeah we went too far and he clipped us with his wing', he eventually said.

According to Fox Sports journalist Andy Slater, who posted to X about the incident, the nose of one plane collided with the wing tip of the other.

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