A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350 and an Endeavor Air Bombardier CRJ900 jet collided on a runway at Atlanta airport on Tuesday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
“Delta Flight 295 was taxiing for takeoff from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport when its wingtip struck the tail of Endeavor Air Flight 5526,” the FAA said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“The Delta Air Lines Airbus A350 was en route to Tokyo. The Endeavour Bombardier CRJ900 was en route to Lafayette, Louisiana,” the FAA added. “The FAA will investigate the incident, which occurred at approximately 10:10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, September 10, at the intersection of two taxiways.”
Images posted on social media showed the tail of one of the planes was badly damaged, with the vertical stabilizer appearing to have been detached from the fuselage.
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“It was really scary. We were taxiing to fly from Atlanta to Louisiana when another plane apparently hit the back of our plane,” WFTS forecaster Jason Adams posted on X. “Very nasty, like metal scraping and a loud explosion. We’re OK, no fire or smoke.”
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“The wing of an Airbus A350 taxiing from Atlanta to Tokyo Haneda as flight DL295 collided with the tail of Endeavor Air CRJ-900 flight DL5526 bound for Lafayette, Louisiana on an adjacent taxiway, causing damage to the regional jet’s tail and the wing of the A350,” Delta said in a statement.
“There are no reports of injuries at this time,” the airline said in a statement. “There were 221 passengers on board DL295 and 56 passengers on board DL5526. No additional flight adjustments are planned at this time.”
Delta later released a second statement, saying it “worked with each customer to accommodate them on a replacement aircraft scheduled to depart Tuesday afternoon. We apologize to customers for the experience they experienced.”
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“Meanwhile, Delta is working with the NTSB and other authorities, and Delta’s technical operations teams are preparing to safely transport both aircraft to a maintenance hangar,” it said.