British Airways plane strikes gate after landing at Miami International Airport

No injuries reported

MIAMI – A British Airways plane struck a gate Tuesday night while landing at Miami International Airport, an airport representative said.

According to the representative, Flight 209, which took off from London's Heathrow Airport, was pulling into gate E-8 when the A380 plane clipped the gate.

The plane landed at 7:02 p.m. No injuries were reported.

Airport workers are expected to repair the gate Wednesday and repairs will also be done on the plane, the representative said.

Airline officials did not immediately say how many people were aboard the plane or what went wrong.

The pilot is being questioned by investigators.

 


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