AMSTERDAM AIRPORT SCHIPHOL – February 13, 2019. This morning a Boeing 747 and 787 Dreamliner from KLM collided with each other during pushback and taxiing at Schiphol Airport. As a result, the airliners were damaged. No passengers or crew members were injured.

The Boeing 747-400 (reg. PH-BFV) was at the point for departure to Los Angeles and the Boeing 787-900 (reg. PH-BHA) to Atlanta, according to a KLM spokesperson.

Very nice purser swapped me to a window seat just now for #KL623 Didn’t expect to see KLM PH-BFV drive its winglet through the back of our new #Dreamliner @Schiphol pic.twitter.com/Hh35IaVvq9

— Terri D (@Skiviolet) February 13, 2019

Because the two aircraft could not longer fly, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights. The 747 had its winglet damaged, and the 787 its stabilizer.

My boeing 747 hits it’s successor the 787 during push back in Amsterdam #crash #787 #747 @KLM #kl601 #delay #cityofvancouver @at5 @NOS pic.twitter.com/B1w70Er3Uw

— Lucas van Oostrum (@dutchcreators) February 13, 2019

KLM calls the incident ‘very annoying’. “KLM could not say anything about the cause of the incident. “The aircraft are carefully checked and therefore remain on the ground for the time being.” Air traffic control is investigating the incident to ‘learn from this for the future’.

The Dutch Safety Board (OVV) has been informed of the incident and is requesting information from the parties concerned, according to a spokesperson for the OVV. Based on that information, the Board will decide whether they will initiate an investigation.

(Photo: Terri @Skiviolet on Twitter )