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Korean Air *** clipped another plane while taxiing

SEOUL, Korea, ******** Of – A Korean Air Lines Co. plane returned to Yangon International Airport on Friday after officials discovered it had clipped another aircraft while taxiing.

The ******* said in a statement that Flight 472 bound for Incheon, South Korea returned to Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon not long after midnight.

The *** carrying 134 passengers and 11 crew was about 20 minutes into its flight when air traffic control informed pilots of the *********.

Korean Air said one of the plane’s winglets hit the **** of a parked Bangkok Airways aircraft but pilots did not notice the ******** because of the darkness.

It said no alarm was set off by the *********, which was seen by a member of ground staff who notified the control tower.

There were no ********.

Korean Air said passengers boarded another flight early Friday afternoon and would reach Incheon some 13.5 hours later than originally scheduled.

Authorities in Myanmar are investigating the ********.

 






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