Planes collide at Heathrow

Updated 23.48 Mon Oct 15 2007

Keywords: plane, Heathrow, crash

Two planes have collided at Heathrow airport.

The aircraft, including a British Airways Boeing 747 to Singapore, collided while taxiing.

The aircraft, including a British Airways Boeing 747 to Singapore, collided while taxiing

A spokesman for British Airways said: "Our aircraft had a minor collision with another aircraft in the taxiways. Engineers are inspecting the aircraft to ascertain the damage."

He added that passengers had been offloaded safely and moved back to the terminal building.

They were given the option of a refund or to spend the night in a hotel before leaving on the next available flight.

A British Airports Authority spokesman said: "Heathrow airport can confirm that two aircraft were involved in an incident earlier this evening on the ground.

"There are no reported injuries and passengers are in the process of being uplifted from the aircraft."