( CNN ) -- A British Airways plane was damaged while taxiing at a South African airport Sunday , the company said . `` The 182 customers disembarked safely and there were no reported injuries onboard the aircraft , '' spokesman Philip Allport said in a statement . The statement did not detail how the Boeing 747 was damaged in Johannesburg , but photos on social media sites show the right wing of a plane apparently collided into a brick building . British Airways said it has launched an investigation and is assisting the independent South African Civil Aviation Authority on the case .
British Airways says a plane was damaged but did not detail how . The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday when an Airbus A320 from London to New York had trouble taking off and landed at JFK Airport on Long Island after its engines failed due to mechanical