Two aircraft collide before takeoff at Heathrow-Sky

LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) Two aircraft collided while preparing to take off from London's Heathrow airport, but no one was badly hurt, Sky News Television said.

It said a British Airways plane was yesterday in collided with a plane from Sri Lankan Airlines.

Both were taxiing along the runway ahead of take-off at Heathrow, one of the world's busiest airports.

A spokesman for the London fire brigade said only that there had been ''an incident'' at Heathrow, but gave no details.

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