Two aircraft, a Copa Airlines B737-800 and a B767 freighter operated by UPS, collided on the ground at Miami International Airport (MIA), Florida, on the night of November 14, 2026.
The incident happened at around 21.15 local time when the B737, which had just landed and was taxiing to the gate, sliced through the nose of the B767 with its left wingtip, as the latter was preparing to take off.
Copa Airlines flight 427 had just landed from Panama City (PTY) with 166 passengers and six crew members onboard, while UPS flight 358 was preparing to take off for Bogota (BOG), Colombia.
The Panamanian airline stated that two passengers that were traveling onboard its aircraft suffered minor injuries in the collision, although none required hospitalization.
Air traffic control (ATC) audio that has since been made public shows the B767 had been instructed to give way to the taxiing B737. However, for reasons yet to be determined, it went too far ahead, and its nose entered the area where the other aircraft was moving.
Passengers onboard the Copa flight recorded on their mobile phones the aftermath of the collision as seen from inside the aircraft, with footage since having been posted on social media. Pictures taken after the incident show significant damage on the nose of the freighter.
The mishap happened as airports and airlines across the United States were still recovering from a nationwide ground stop the day before. The nationwide outage, which lasted approximately four hours, has been attributed to technical issues with air traffic control equipment.