Very interesting report.
Three aircraft (AA, FR, AF) cleared to the holding point, without further specification. AA is first in line, and is cleared to G3. FR comes up behind, turns a touch, trying to squeeze around, probably hits the elevator (the report explicitly states that the collision could not be detected on the acceleration data from either aircraft), and (when the F/O tells her to stop) stops.
Several passengers on the right side of the aircraft start speaking excitedly in Spanish. One tells the FA in English that there has been a collision. The FA goes to the Purser and asks what to do.
Meanwhile, the Captain looks out the F/O's window to verify visually separation. ATC asks them to proceed to spot G1. The reply (no mention of whether F/O or Capt.), as transcribed: "Can we just stand by if you like in the aisle before to (garbled) start clearance... to after"
The FA calls the Captain with a "Only for your information..."; the Captain gives the FA a response that it not understood.
ATC calls again, asking them to move to G1, so that AF behind them can go to G2. They reply: "Could I wait and move forward if it fits... to make sure clearance"
Thirty seconds later, AF calls and asks ATC to "Confirm that they are moving forward so that we can pass behind."
AA, hearing this, moves 10-15 feet closer to the holding point.
From the Ryanair crew's statement:
After receiving clearance, they took off normally to their destination (Ibiza). There were no additional comments from the from any cabin crew members for the duration of the flight.
Though they stated being certain that there had been no contact, the captain decided to do the pre-flight walk around personally once they were parked at the Ibiza airport. During the inspection she noticed that the paint on the right winglet was scratched. She regarded the defect as minor, one that did not justify any actions by maintenance personnel, especially as they would have had to fly from Barcelona, since the airline does not have mechanics in Ibiza. She also did not make an entry of the defect in the aircraft logbook.
During the stopover at the Ibiza airport, there were no additional comments from the cabin crew regarding the passengers' reports of potential contact.
After the return flight to Barcelona, as they were leaving the airplane, a cabin crew member informed the captain that several passengers had reported possible contact, which raised some concern during the flight to Ibiza. The captain was surprised to hear this since the FA who had called the cockpit, and who was very close to the cockpit, did not make any comments about it upon arriving in Ibiza. It was then that the captain called maintenance services who, after assessing the damage, opened a deferred maintenance item and dispatched the airplane.