Overview

• At about 2:23 p.m. on June 27, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner clipped the tail fin of a stationary Airbus A321 at the intersection of taxiways S and S3 at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport and both planes suffered significant damage
• All 386 passengers on the two flights were unharmed and were evacuated to the terminal before being rebooked on replacement services
• The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and the Northern Airports Authority have launched a formal probe into ground-operation protocols and pilot actions, investigating why the Airbus may have stopped short of its designated holding point
• Vietnam Airlines has suspended the four pilots involved and is conducting internal procedural reviews pending the outcome of the official investigation
• The collision follows a series of taxiway and runway incidents that have intensified scrutiny of airport ground-movement safety under high-traffic conditions