“Somebody hit us,” the pilot of a Copa Airlines flight said in air traffic control audio.
Two aircraft collided on the tarmac at Miami International Airport around 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2026. A departing UPS cargo plane clipped an arriving passenger jet at the intersection of two taxiways, according to local officials and the Federal Aviation Administration.
The wingtip of a Copa Airlines Boeing 737 struck the nose of a UPS Boeing 767 while both planes were taxiing, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Air traffic controllers had instructed the UPS crew to give way to the incoming Copa flight from Panama City, Panama, before the contact occurred.
“UPS 358 you’re supposed to give way to the 73 there,” an air traffic controller radioed, according to recordings from the Air Traffic Control Centre.
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“Yeah, we went too far, and then he, he clipped us with the wing,” the UPS pilot replied.
The Copa flight had just landed as Flight 427 from Panama City. The UPS Boeing 767 was operating Flight 358 and preparing to depart for Bogotá, Colombia. Passenger footage and images circulating on social media showed visible damage to the front section of the UPS cargo aircraft.
Fire trucks responded to the scene as air traffic controllers directed the Copa crew to hold their position. “It seems that we are missing the left wingtip,” the Copa pilot reported to the tower.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue treated two patients at the scene for minor injuries, and neither required medical transportation, according to Greg Chin, communications director at Miami International Airport. Airport officials said that flights were directed to alternative taxiways, allowing operations to continue without major disruption.
“There are no reported injuries and flights are being directed to other taxiways, so there is no impact to airport operations at this time,” Chin told News18.
UPS confirmed that its crew was safe. The company said it is “committed to working with authorities to determine what happened,” according to CNN. The collision unfolded as terminals continued dealing with residual travel delays following a nationwide ground stop ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday, November 13, 2026.
The evening collision at Miami International Airport brought further emergency personnel to the tarmac. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue categorized the incident as minor, while Greg Chin said that the two individuals assessed on-scene for minor injuries did not need transport to a hospital.
Air traffic control logs and recordings traced the sequence back to instructions given to the departing cargo crew to give way to the arriving commercial jet. United States rules require airlines to provide refunds for canceled flights if passengers choose not to travel.