The wing of a Delta Air Lines plane clipped the tail of a smaller plane while taxiing at Atlanta International Airport, damaging both planes, Reuters reported, citing the airline and a federal agency.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board said they will investigate the incident, which occurred at Atlanta's airport around 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday.
The wing of a Delta Air Lines plane clipped a regional plane while taxiing at Atlanta International Airport, damaging both planes. The regional plane's tail was severely damaged.
Delta Air Lines plane collides with regional planeERIK S. LESSER/PAP/EPA
The wing of the Delta Air Lines Airbus A350 – which was supposed to fly to the capital JapanTokyo – clipped the tail of an Endeavour Air CRJ-900 that was scheduled to fly to Lafayette, Louisiana.
Delta said no injuries were reported among the 221 Airbus passengers and 56 CRJ-900 passengers.
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