A passenger plane hits the tail of an A321 with its wing at the Istanbul airport

An Airbus A330 of the South Korean company Asiana Airlines struck with its wing the tail of an A321 of Turkish Airlines on Sunday, May 13 while performing a taxi maneuver at the Atatürk airport in Istanbul, Turkey. A video of the incident was posted on YouTube by the portal Kokpit.aero.

Fortunately, the collision between both passenger planes caused no casualties, but the impact of Asiana's aircraft, which was preparing to take off for Seoul, destroyed the Turkish plane's tail.

It is reported that the Turkish Airlines Airbus was empty at the time of the crash. The airport authorities have initiated an investigation to clarify what happened.