Virgin Atlantic flight from JFK to Heathrow canceled ‘after catering service van crashed into plane’s engine and became wedged underneath’

A transatlantic flight from JFK to Heathrow was canceled after a catering van rolled into the plane’s engine, causing damage to its cabin.

A bizarre image circulating online shows a white car with ‘Gategourmet’ branding on the side wedged under the Airbus A350, which aviation bloggers claimed was the reason the Virgin Atlantic flight from New York City to London was grounded reason on Monday.

The company confirmed that the flight had been canceled following an incident at the gate at JFK.

In a statement issued to AirLiveThe airline said its ‘VS26 from New York JFK to London Heathrow has been canceled following an incident at the gate at JFK involving the engine cowl of a stationary Virgin Atlantic flight and a caterer’s car rolling into it.

‘We can confirm that no customers were on board the aircraft during this time.’

The JFK airport flight tracker shows that the Virgin Atlantic flight from JFK to Heathrow was canceled on Monday morning

The airline reportedly launched an investigation into the incident and looked into whether there had been any damage to the aircraft.

The jet, registered as G-VDOT, parked at JFK’s gate A terminal 4 on Sunday evening at 10.30pm local time after arriving from London.

The plane was due to take off again to go back across the pond at 8.20am and land in London at 8.10pm.

But this flight was canceled and it was now scheduled to take off at the same time on Tuesday.

DailyMail.com has contacted Virgin Atlantic and Gategroup for comment.