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| Two Delta planes collide while on the taxiway in New York | Two Delta planes collide while on the taxiway in New York |
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| Wing of one aircraft hit fuselage of another, resulting in one flight attendant with non-life threatening injuries | Wing of one aircraft hit fuselage of another, resulting in one flight attendant with non-life threatening injuries |
| Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the taxiway at LaGuardia airport in New York, injuring a flight attendant, damaging a cockpit and tearing off part of a wing in what the airline described as a “low-speed collision”. | Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the taxiway at LaGuardia airport in New York, injuring a flight attendant, damaging a cockpit and tearing off part of a wing in what the airline described as a “low-speed collision”. |
| The wing of an aircraft carrying 32 people getting ready to take off on Wednesday night to Roanoke, Virginia, hit the fuselage of an aircraft arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina, with 61 people aboard, according to a statement from Delta. | |
| A flight attendant had non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital, according a statement from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. There were no reports of passengers being injured, the airline said. | |
| “Their right wing clipped our nose and the cockpit we have damage to our windscreen and … some of our screens in here,” a pilot said, according to air traffic control audio. | |
| The plane that had landed “stopped, jerked and jumped to the right”, passenger William Lusk told ABC. “Everyone went dead silent. And as everyone went dead silent, the pilot calmly came on and said, ‘Hey, we’ve been in a crash, everyone remain calm.’” | |
| The rest of the airport’s operations were not expected to be affected, according to Delta. | |
| “Delta will work with all relevant authorities to review what occurred as safety of our customers and people comes before all else,” the statement from Delta said. “We apologize to our customers for the experience.” | “Delta will work with all relevant authorities to review what occurred as safety of our customers and people comes before all else,” the statement from Delta said. “We apologize to our customers for the experience.” |
| The Delta Connection aircraft involved in the collision are operated by Endeavor Air. | The Delta Connection aircraft involved in the collision are operated by Endeavor Air. |
| LaGuardia airport is one of 35 major airports where the FAA has installed advanced surface radar systems that help track aircraft and vehicles on the ground and alert controllers to potential conflicts. It wasn’t clear what role the system played in this collision.Close calls like this can add to worries about aviation safety in the wake of the deadliest plane crash in the US in decades, when an airliner collided with an army helicopter in Washington DC in January, and other recent crashes and near misses. | LaGuardia airport is one of 35 major airports where the FAA has installed advanced surface radar systems that help track aircraft and vehicles on the ground and alert controllers to potential conflicts. It wasn’t clear what role the system played in this collision.Close calls like this can add to worries about aviation safety in the wake of the deadliest plane crash in the US in decades, when an airliner collided with an army helicopter in Washington DC in January, and other recent crashes and near misses. |