FILE – A Delta Air Lines jet leaves the gate, July 19, 2024, at Logan International Airport in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)(AP)
No accidents had been reported and Delta talked about passengers may very well be rebooked on fully completely different flights.
Atlanta-based Delta talked about the wing of a Delta Airbus A350 jet that was sure for Tokyo hit the tail of a smaller Bombardier CRJ-900 that was on an adjoining taxiway. The smaller aircraft, operated by Delta subsidiary Endeavor Air, was making in a position to take off for Lafayette, Louisiana.
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Jason Adams, a meteorologist for WFTS-TV in Tampa, Florida, who’s touring to Louisiana to cowl Tropical Storm Francine, recounted the second of have an effect on on social platform X.
“Well that was terrifying,” Adams wrote. “Taxiing out for the flight from Atlanta to Louisiana and one completely different aircraft seems to have clipped the as soon as extra of our aircraft. Very jarring, metallic scraping sounds then loud bangs. We’re nice. No hearth or smoke.”
Adams posted pictures of the tail of the smaller aircraft knocked on its aspect and laying on the taxiway.
Delta talked about the wing of the bigger aircraft was furthermore broken.
Officials at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport talked about passengers from one aircraft had been bused as soon as extra to the terminal, whereas the choice aircraft returned to a gate beneath its personal energy.
Delta talked about it might cooperate with the National Transportation Safety Board and fully completely different authorities to evaluation. The Federal Aviation Administration says it is usually investigating.
Airport officers described disruptions to operations on the world’s busiest airport as “minimal.”
