Air Canada passengers delayed after 1 plane hits another on tarmac at YVR

Passengers on board two Air Canada flights at Vancouver International Airport were delayed Sunday afternoon after the planes they were on came into contact on the tarmac. 

In an email, the airline said the incident happened while an Air Canada Rouge Airbus A319 was being pushed back from the gate.

The Airbus’s wingtip “made contact” with a Jazz Air Canada Express Q400 plane that was parked at a nearby gate, the airline said. 

No one was injured, Air Canada said, and customers are scheduled to fly to their final destinations on other flights later today. 

The plane that was hit at Vancouver International Airport Sunday afternoon was a Q400 like this one. <!–

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