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Friday, 13 December 2013 - 15:49
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Planes collide at Schiphol

Authorities are investigating a collision between two planes at Schiphol airport this morning. The accident happened when a U.S. Airways Boeing 757 pulling into a gate clipped the wing of a stationary KLM airplane. Nobody was injured in the incident. Early reports suggest the U.S. Airways pilot followed an incorrect line when approaching the gate in Amsterdam, possibly following a path to gate D51A instead of D51B. Damage can be seen on two planes after a U.S. Airways 757 clipped the wing of a KLM 737 at Schiphol (Eric Verhagen/Twitter) There were 158 passengers onboard the KLM aircraft, flight 1601, at the time of the accident. The plane is believed to be a Boeing 737, which was scheduled to depart for Rome, Italy, at 9:50am. U.S. Airways flight 798 from Philadelphia was scheduled to land in Amsterdam at 9:34am, but it actually completed its journey at 9:52am. The Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate in the Netherlands is in charge of the investigation. The KLM flight took off over three hours late, finally leaving Amsterdam at 1:29pm.

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