LONDON (AP) — A Virgin Atlantic jet collided with another plane while it was being towed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, aviation authorities said. There were no reports of injuries.
Virgin said its Boeing 787-9 had completed a flight and had no passengers aboard when its wingtip clipped a stationary British Airways jet while being towed from a stand at the airport’s Terminal 3.
Images posted on social media showed several fire trucks surrounding the two planes, whose wings were touching.
“We’ve commenced a full and thorough investigation and our engineering teams are performing maintenance checks on the aircraft, which for now has been taken out of service,” Virgin said in a statement.
BA said engineers were also looking at its plane.
Heathrow said that “no passenger injuries have been reported and we do not anticipate there to be any ongoing impact to airport operations.”
FILE - British Airways planes sit parked at Heathrow Airport in London, on Sept. 9, 2019. A Virgin Atlantic jet collided with another plane while it was being towed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday April 6, 2024, aviation authorities said. There were no reports of injuries. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
ROME (AP) — Atalanta secured a Champions League spot with a 2-0 win at Lecce in the penultimate round of Serie A on Saturday.
The Bergamo squad is in fifth place, six points ahead of Roma, and holds a tiebreaker over the Giallorossi after beating Roma last weekend. Atalanta also moved within one point of fourth-placed Juventus.
Italy will have at least five squads in next season’s Champions League, and could earn a sixth if Atalanta defeats unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final on Wednesday.
“Tomorrow we’ll start thinking about that. For tonight, we want to enjoy this,” Atalanta striker Gianluca Scamacca said when asked about facing Leverkusen.
Atalanta was coming off a 1-0 loss to Juventus in the Italian Cup final and Charles De Ketelaere and Scamacca scored five minutes apart shortly after the break.
Scamacca set up De Ketelaere and then headed in the second.
Scamacca has 18 goals and provided seven assists in 41 matches across all competitions this season.
“The team is helping me a lot to take advantage of my skills,” he said. “It’s a good moment.”
Atalanta will return to the Champions League after a two-year absence. Its best result in Europe’s top club competition was the quarterfinals in 2020.
Later, second-placed AC Milan was visiting Torino.
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Lecce's Patrick Dorgu and Atalanta's Hans Hateboer jump for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between US Lecce and Atalanta BC at the Via del Mare Stadium in Lecce, Italy, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Giovanni Evangelista/LaPresse via AP)
Lecce's Patrick Dorgu, right, and Atalanta's Hans Hateboer during the Serie A soccer match between US Lecce and Atalanta BC at the Via del Mare Stadium, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Lecce, Italy. (Giovanni Evangelista/LaPresse via AP)
Atalanta's El Bilal Toure', front, plays the ball as Lecce's Antonino Gallo chases during the Serie A soccer match between US Lecce and Atalanta BC at the Via del Mare Stadium, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Lecce, Italy. (Giovanni Evangelista/LaPresse via AP)
Lecce's Roberto Piccoli, left, and Atalanta's Rafael Toloi battle for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between US Lecce and Atalanta BC at the Via del Mare Stadium, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Lecce, Italy. (Giovanni Evangelista/LaPresse via AP)
