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UPI
2 days ago
- Business
- UPI
Air traffic at airport in Britain halted after jets clip wings
Two easyJet planes clipped wings on the ground at Manchester Airport in Britain Friday morning leading to a temporary halt of ground traffic, although no injuries were reported. File Photo (2020) by Neil Hall/EPA-EFE Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Two planes clipped wings at Manchester Airport in Britain on Friday, briefly pausing flight operations on the ground at the facility, officials confirmed. No injuries were reported when the two easyJet planes collided on the ground at about 6:30 a.m. local time, an airport spokesperson said. "We suspended operations briefly while they were assessed to see if they could taxi back to a stand, which they could so operations resumed after a few minutes," the airport said in a statement to reporters. Both flights were set to depart the international airport, with one bound for Paris and the other headed to Gibraltar. Britain-based easyJet is a multinational low-cost airline group. The company operates a fleet of 318 Airbus aircraft and boasts that it has "one of the youngest fleets in the industry." The airline was working on re-booking affected passengers Friday, according to airport officials. "EasyJet can confirm that the wing tips of two aircraft came into contact while taxiing to the runway at Manchester airport this morning. The aircraft returned to stand to disembark customers who have been provided with refreshment vouchers while replacement aircraft are arranged to operate the flights," an easyJet spokesperson told The Guardian in a statement. "We apologize to customers for the delay to their flights. The safety of our passengers and crew is our highest priority." Last weekend, a Delta Airlines flight clipped another aircraft at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The Guardian
29-03-2025
- Science
- The Guardian
From Greenland to Europe and Senegal: the partial solar eclipse
The partial eclipse as seen in Dakar, Senegal. A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth that either fully or partially blocks the sun's light in some areas Photograph: Jérôme Favre/EPA An eerie view from Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal Photograph: Antonio Araujo/EPA People gather to watch the partial eclipse in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain Photograph: Carlos de Saá/EPA The sun partially eclipsed in Zaragoza, Spain Photograph: Javier Belver/EPA The view from from Nantes, France. Skygazers across a broad swathe of the northern hemisphere had a chance to see the moon take a bite out of the sun when the partial solar eclipse swept from eastern Canada to Siberia Photograph: Loïc Venance/AFP/Getty Images The partial solar eclipse as seen from Berlin, Germany, creating an eerie twilight Photograph: Ralf Hirschberger/AFP/Getty Images Visitors to the Sonnenborgh Observatory watch through special glasses in Utrecht in the Netherlands Photograph: Sem van der Wal/ANP/AFP/Getty Images The sun partially obscured in Brighton Photograph:People use protective glasses at Greenwich Observatory in London Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA Watching the eclipse through a pinhole projector at Greenwich Observatory in London Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA A partial solar eclipse seen from Warwickshire. The phenomenon occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth. The three aren't completely aligned, meaning only part of the sun is obscured Photograph: Jacob King/PA The partial solar eclipse as seen over the Royal Liver building on Liverpool's waterfront Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA The statue of Danish-Norwegian Lutheran missionary Hans Egede is silhouetted during the partial solar eclipse in Nuuk, Greenland Photograph:
