New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- Two passenger aircraft-an Air India and an IndiGo plane-suffered a wingtip grazing on the ground at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Tuesday.

The planes were carrying passengers at the time of the incident. Both Air India and IndiGo spokespersons said all their passengers were safe.

The collision occurred between Air India flight AI 2732, which was pushing back for its departure to Coimbatore and IndiGo flight 6E 791, which was taxiing after arriving from Hyderabad. The extent of damage is yet to be ascertained.

A wingtip grazing happens when the tip of one plane's wing makes contact with another aircraft or the ground, often occurring during taxiing or low-level manoeuvring. Such incid...