Shocking photos show the moment two easyJet planes collided on the taxiway at Manchester Airport, leaving pieces of plane on the ground.

Two flights, easyJet EZY2267 to Gibraltar, and easyJet EZY2117 to Paris Charles de Gaulle, collided on the taxiway at Manchester Airport at 6.33am this morning, airport bosses confirmed.

All flights in and out of the airport were suspended for a few minutes following the crash.

The planes were then checked to make sure they were safe to taxi back to a remote stand, so as not to take up space on the main terminal, and passengers were then bussed back to the terminal building.

Phil Aspin, 34, from Newcastle, was sitting in seat 12 F next to the emergency exit gearing up to jet off to Gibraltar when he heard a ‘loud thud' as a nearby easyJet plane getting ready to take off to fly to Paris crashed in to their wing.

The disrupted passenger said: "We were about to take off, we were about 10 minutes away from taking off. "

"We were meant to leave at 6.15. The pilot was on the tannoy to us all saying ‘it'll be 10 minutes, we're the next plane about to take off'."

"There's a V in the [taxiway] and we were going to the left hand side, and there was another plane coming on the right hand side, another easyJet flight."

"While the pilot was talking to us, the other plane went straight into the side of the other wing. "

"There was a proper thud, a really loud thud while the pilot was talking to us."

"Our pilot was a bit stunned because it was the other plane's fault, it just went straight at the side of it."

"We were sat next to the window, we looked outside and my friend saw bits of the plane fly past the window."

"We could see it happen but everyone else didn't know what was going on – the wings had collided."

"There seems to be more damage on the other plane than our's, our's has just had the end chopped off, it was on the floor."

"There was a guy just picking up bits of plane off the ground. Our pilot on the tannoy said ‘there's clearly been a collision here, give us 10 minutes'."

"Next thing we know there were fire engines turning up, there were people on the side of the plane trying to work out what was going on."

"After that, the pilot said ‘this plane's clearly damaged, we're going to have to go back to the main airport'."

It wasn't until nearly 8am that Phil and his fellow passengers, who are travelling to a friend's 50th birthday for the weekend, made it back to the terminal.

Now, the group, due to fly back on Sunday, is worried their whole trip might need to be cancelled.

He added: "I think everyone was just really shocked, because the pilot was talking to us at the time, it wasn't just like we were sat there, we were all listening to the pilot and all of a sudden there was a massive thud."

"You could just tell the pilot didn't know what was going on either, and then a few minutes later he said ‘there's clearly been a collision'."

"There was a bit of disarray – people didn't know what was going on, it was a big thud, the whole plane shook, as you'd imagine. "

"Even though it's just two wings it's obviously caused quite a bit of impact."

"I think both planes are probably knackered really."

An easyJet spokesperson said: "easyJet can confirm that the wing tips of two aircraft came into contact whilst taxiing to the runway at Manchester Airport this morning. "

"The aircraft returned to stand to disembark customers who have been provided with refreshment vouchers whilst replacement aircraft are arranged to operate the flights. "

"We apologise to customers for the delay to their flights. "

"The safety of our passengers and crew is our highest priority."