Two Air France aircraft have been involved in a taxiing collision at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, after the wing of a Boeing 777 struck and tore the tail of an Airbus A320.

Images posted on Twitter by French aviation enthusiast @JeanCesarCaron show a large, straight, horizontal tear to the rudder of the A320, registered F-GKXJ. It is unclear what damage was sustained by the 777, a SkyTeam-liveried aircraft registered F-GZNT.

"Air France confirms that the tail fin of the Airbus A320 operating flight AF1084 leaving for Tunis was struck by the wing tip of a Boeing 777 at Paris Charles de Gaulle. The Boeing 777 was carrying no passengers and was being moved to a parking stand," Air France said in a statement.

The damaged A320 was towed to a parking stand and the passengers were transferred to a later flight.

"An investigation is underway to determine the causes of this incident," Air France said.

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