Two passenger aircraft — a Rossiya Sukhoi Superjet and a Hainan Airlines Airbus A330 — made contact on a taxiway at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport on 24 September 2025 at about 20:38 MSK, causing tail damage to the Rossiya aircraft, Russian agencies reported.
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Ground collisions can cause immediate operational disruption and fleet knock-on effects; similar taxiway contacts have led to structural damage and flight cancellations, as seen when a Dreamliner clipped an A321 in Hanoi (June). https://hype.aero/?story=d336b179-ce16-43aa-a352-2420a0af909f
The incident involves a Sukhoi Superjet type that has recently been subject to targeted inspections, underscoring maintenance and continued airworthiness pressures for Russian-operated SSJs. https://hype.aero/?story=e56f4e7c-f0af-4640-8417-ea69536281ab
Taxiway contacts are a recurring ground-operations risk — smaller wingtip and taxiing incidents have previously disrupted schedules and prompted investigations, including recent A320 winglet contacts in Manchester. https://hype.aero/?story=452a3dda-5f45-414d-8eee-6f168466a541
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