2 Airports Runway Crash...Like a piece of paper is being cut off
Jun 30, 2025
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Vietnam Airlines suspended four pilots for holding them responsible for the accident.
According to local media such as VN Express, a Boeing 787 aircraft, which was going to Ho Chi Minh on the runway of Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, hit the tail of an Airbus A321 aircraft that was standing waiting to depart for DNVN while traveling on the runway at around 2 p.m. on the 27th.
The video shows the wing part of the Boeing 787 tearing half of the tail wing of the Airbus A321. The runway was littered with fragments of two aircraft.
The accident caused some 380 people on the two planes to be transferred to alternative flights and other inconveniences. Fortunately, no one was reported injured.
Vietnam Airlines suspended four pilots of the two planes pending internal investigation results" he said.
It has also formed a team with the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) to investigate the cause of the crash.
CAAV determined this collision to be the second highest 'level B' serious accident on the 5-stage aviation safety scale. This refers to a serious safety violation involving temporary runway or taxiway closure measures.
According to preliminary findings, Airbus A321 was not stopped at the designated waiting area on the taxiway at the time of the crash.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
