Vietnam Airlines Suspends Pilots After B787 Slices Through A321 Tail

**kellyhound** · #1 ● 06-29-2025, 08:44 AM

Vietnam Airlines has reportedly suspended four of its pilots who were involved in an incident in which the wing of a Boeing 787 aircraft sliced into the tail of an Airbus A321 of the same airline at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport (HAN).

The incident, which was captured on video by one of the passengers onboard the B787, took place around 2pm local time on June 27, 2025.

The B787 was taxiing ahead of take-off for Tan Son Nhat International Airport, in Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) when its wing collided with the tail stabilizer of the A321, which was parked on the apron, slicing it, almost entirely, into two pieces.

The A321 was waiting to depart for another domestic destination, Dien Bien (DIN), and some reports appeared on the Vietnamese media have been suggested it may have been positioned incorrectly.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has started an investigation and labelled the incident as level B, the second highest level of seriousness in a five-tier aviation safety scale. The pilots of both aircraft have been suspended from duty while awaiting the results of the investigation.

There were a total of 380 passengers onboard both aircraft, which had to be disembarked and placed on replacement aircraft to continue their journey.