Two Easyjet planes have collided at a UK airport with all flights delayed or cancelled. All flights at Manchester Airport were halted this morning following a collision between two planes.

Safety checks were carried after two EasyJet aircraft clipped wings on a runway at the airport. A spokesperson for EasyJet said: "EasyJet can confirm that two aircraft came into contact whilst taxiing to the runway at Manchester Airport.

"An immediate investigation has been launched to understand what happened." One eyewitness, who was due to travel to Marbella, told the M.E.N.: "Just on the plane at Manchester Airport and another plane has just hit our wing and took the wing off."

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