An empty Virgin Atlantic jet's wingtip collided with a stationary British Airways airliner while being towed from a stand at London's Heathrow Airport on Saturday, according to statements

from the airlines.

Heathrow, the UK's busiest airport, reported no injuries among passengers and anticipated minimal disruption to its operations.

British Airways stated, "Our aircraft is being assessed by our engineering teams, and we have provided an alternative aircraft to limit the impact on our customers."

Virgin Atlantic revealed that its empty Boeing 787-9 had just completed a flight and was being towed to another part of the airfield when the incident occurred at Terminal 3.

"We’ve commenced a full and thorough investigation," a Virgin Atlantic spokesperson stated, "and our engineering teams are performing maintenance checks on the aircraft, which for now has been taken out of service."

Both airlines assured that there would be no disruption to their flying schedules on Saturday.

Heathrow Airport confirmed collaboration with emergency services and the two airlines to manage the situation. Photo by Warren Rohner, Wikimedia commons.