Vietnam Airlines Grounds 4 Pilots After On-Ground Collision
A Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 clipped the tail of a parked Airbus A321 while taxiing at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport on June 27.
CCTV shows the Boeing’s right wing slicing through the Airbus’s stabilizer.
Four pilots have been suspended pending investigation.

🔍 What Happened?
The Airbus A321 may have been mispositioned, stopping past its designated holding point, placing it in the Boeing's taxi path.

The Boeing 787, taxiing for departure, couldn't avoid the obstruction on the intersecting taxiway.

✅ No injuries were reported
💺 All 386 passengers were safely transferred to other flights.
🛠️ Both aircraft are under inspection.

🛡️ Investigation Underway
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam is probing the incident as a Level B safety breach, indicating serious operational failure but no casualties.

🔁 What this means:
Even minor positioning errors on a runway can trigger major operational risks. Precision saves lives in aviation.