Two planes, from airlines Icelandair and Korean Air, collided at Heathrow airport on Wednesday evening. A spokesman for London's airport said there was a "minor collision" with no injuries, the BBC and The Guardian report.

Images on social media show that emergency services rushed to the scene after the collision that allegedly occurred on the runway. Inside the Korean Air plane was a journalist from The Guardian, who writes that a passenger saw the left wing of the plane hit the tail of the Icelandair plane. That would have happened while taxiing.

Footage shows damage to the tail of the Icelandair plane. Due to the incident, passengers would have to deal with delayed flights.

The aircraft concerned are a Boeing 777-300 (registration: HL7782) of Korean Air and a Boeing 757-200 (registration: TF-FIK) of Icelandair.

Editor's note:

There are reasons why I will never board a Korean Airlines airliner ...

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Hi Aviation,

On 2022-09-29 12:08:11, you wrote to All:

Editor's note:

There are reasons why I will never board a Korean Airlines airliner ...

Do you want to share them with us?

Bye, Wilfred.

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Wilfred,

There are reasons why I will never board a Korean Airlines airliner

...

Do you want to share them with us?

1) Problematic cockpit culture (that is true for most Asian airlines)

2) The lethal accident rate

3) Historic issues with navigational problems

4) Language. Some years ago I flew into Seattle from Amsterdam and before us
was a KAL 747. When going through immigration I suddenly heard "Korean
interpreter at booth 14 requested" ... this was where the captain of that
flight intended to enter the USA... (the same I've seen with a Japan Air
lines flight in Minneapolis).
Listen to this JAL-Captain in Boston ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3-1RM5t0Ys

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Hi Aviation,

On 2022-09-29 21:04:04, you wrote to me:

4) Language. Some years ago I flew into Seattle from Amsterdam and
before
us
was a KAL 747. When going through immigration I suddenly heard "Korean
interpreter at booth 14 requested" ... this was where the captain of that
flight intended to enter the USA... (the same I've seen with a Japan Air
lines flight in Minneapolis).
Listen to this JAL-Captain in Boston ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3-1RM5t0Ys

A good thing they put subtitles on that vid, otherwise it wouldn't be intelligible...

Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Aviation!

Thursday September 29 2022 12:08, you wrote to All:

Two planes, from airlines Icelandair and Korean Air, collided at
Heathrow airport on Wednesday evening. A spokesman for London's
airport said there was a "minor collision" with no injuries, the BBC
and The Guardian report.

Images on social media show that emergency services rushed to the
scene after the collision that allegedly occurred on the runway.
Inside the Korean Air plane was a journalist from The Guardian, who
writes that a passenger saw the left wing of the plane hit the tail of
the Icelandair plane. That would have happened while taxiing.

Footage shows damage to the tail of the Icelandair plane. Due to the incident, passengers would have to deal with delayed flights.

The aircraft concerned are a Boeing 777-300 (registration: HL7782) of
Korean Air and a Boeing 757-200 (registration: TF-FIK) of Icelandair.

May be all pilots need to have English tests like they do in the UK.

Want to change my address on my PPL and Commercial licenses but the CAA insist I take an English test at 30 - 50 pounds by a examiner.
Pointed out to them that I have lived in the UK for some 75 years and also hold
other licences from MOD, USA, Barbados, Israel to name but a few and have never
been asked this, despite holding a radio certificate for all of them for in excess of 50 years.

They were not too impressed when I asked if the language (English) has changed in this time period :)



Vincent

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May be all pilots need to have English tests like they do in the UK.

One day I was in either JFK or Minneapolis and a Japan Airlines 787 had arrived. I was queueing for immigration.

Suddenly there was a PA-announcement "Japanese translator requested booth-1" which processes airline crews ... there was the captain of that Japan Air Lines 787 waiting to be processed ...

It is common knowledge that in Quebec airspace french and english is being used, same as above France. Flying through Spanish airspace it is best to understand spanish, same as the whole of South America where both spanish and english are being used, except for Brazil where at domestic airports Brazilian-portuguese is also used. However Portugal is strictly Spanish...

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Hello Aviation!

Saturday November 26 2022 10:14, you wrote to me:

May be all pilots need to have English tests like they do in the
UK.

One day I was in either JFK or Minneapolis and a Japan Airlines 787
had arrived. I was queueing for immigration.

Suddenly there was a PA-announcement "Japanese translator requested
booth-1" which processes airline crews ... there was the captain of
that Japan Air Lines 787 waiting to be processed ...

It is common knowledge that in Quebec airspace french and english is
being used, same as above France. Flying through Spanish airspace it
is best to understand spanish, same as the whole of South America
where both spanish and english are being used, except for Brazil where
at domestic airports Brazilian-portuguese is also used. However
Portugal is strictly Spanish...

Domestic airfields have always used their native language but for most of my flights into such (and I have not used the small fields) they also spoke English) as for major Airports All will respond in English.

Of course, when they talk to locals in native language, you do not know what is
happening unless you request traffic status if they are not providing it as a matter of course etc and most do as even the French assume that English speakers do not which in my case was always true (can order a beer, wine, a meal - just about, but that is about it).

Airlines would not use any Airport that English is not used as per ICAO standards but will all know that some ignore that rule :(
Just an accident waiting to happen as has occurred in Spain and other countries
in the past - two aircraft using same runway at same time I seem to remember and more than once - just can't remember where.


Vincent

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