Moment United Airlines plane clips the tail of Delta aircraft
A United Airlines flight clipped the tail of a parked Delta plane at Boston Logan International Airport — a harrowing collision that shook both aircraft and startled passengers.
Video taken from inside the United flight shows the Newark, N.J.-bound plane slowly approaching the parked aircraft around 7:20 p.m. Friday, with its wing smacking the tail of the Delta plane.
Both planes are seen rocking back and forth following the collision.
Alex Wilson, who was aboard the Delta flight, said he and fellow passengers were frightened by the incident, which left the plane shaking for several seconds.
“(It) wasn’t immediately clear what caused this, although it felt like a brief earthquake,” he told CNN.
Shortly after the collision, emergency vehicles were sent onto the tarmac, and the pilot told passengers what had happened.
The wing of a United Airlines plane clipped the tail of a parked Delta flight on Friday. ABC
The Delta plane needed to be towed away at the Boston Logan International Airport. ABC
Both the Delta and United passengers were deplaned and booked on other flights. ABC
The Federal Aviation Administration said no injuries were reported.
Wilson said his flight was eventually towed away and delayed, a fate it shared with the United Airlines passengers.
United confirmed one of its planes clipped the Delta flight on Friday, saying passengers were deplaned at the gate and rebooked on other flights.
In a statement, Delta said it also rebooked passengers bound to Detroit after their plane was struck “while awaiting takeoff clearance.”
Source: New York Post
