LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - The wingtip of an empty

Virgin Atlantic jet collided with a stationary British Airways

airliner while being towed from a stand at London's Heathrow

Airport on Saturday, the airlines said.

Heathrow, Britain's busiest airport, said no passenger

injuries had been reported and it did not anticipate any ongoing

impact to the airport's operations.

"Our aircraft is being assessed by our engineering teams and

we have provided an alternative aircraft to limit the impact on

our customers," British Airways said in a statement.

Virgin Atlantic said its empty Boeing 787-9 had just

completed a flight and was being towed to another part of the

airfield when the incident happened at Terminal 3.

A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson said: "We've commenced a full

and thorough investigation and our engineering teams are

performing maintenance checks on the aircraft, which for now has

been taken out of service."

The airline said there would be no disruption to its flying

programme on Saturday.

Heathrow said it was working with emergency services and the

two airlines in response to the incident.