- Two regional Delta Air Lines flights collided at New York’s LaGuardia airport.
- A wing of one jet hit the fuselage of the other, Delta said in a statement.
- Delta said no injuries were reported from the incident.
A pair of Delta Air Lines regional jets collided at New York’s LaGuardia airport on Wednesday evening.
The airline said in a statement to Business Insider that two jets, one headed for Virginia and the other arriving from North Carolina, were involved in a “low-speed collision during taxi.”
“Preliminary information indicates contact by the wing of the departing aircraft was made with the fuselage of the arriving aircraft,” the airline said.
CBS News obtained a video of the incident, which showed one of the planes with a battered wing.
Both jets were operated by Endeavor Air, a Delta subsidiary. The collision happened at 9 p.m. E.T. The jet headed to Virginia was carrying 28 passengers, while the other plane had 57 passengers on board.
Delta said in the statement that no injuries to passengers were reported as a result of the incident, but one flight attendant had suffered from a minor injury, which was treated by EMTs.
It added that customers were taken back to the terminal via a bus and provided with food and drinks. They would receive hotel rooms, meals, and rebookings for Thursday.
Delta said that it would fully cooperate with authorities to investigate the incident.
In March, a Delta Air Lines jet and a US Air Force aircraft nearly collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
This was just a few months after a deadly midair collision occurred near the same airport. An American Airlines flight collided with a Black Hawk helicopter in January, killing 67 people.
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