FAA: Two planes clipped each other at LaGuardia Airport
Jon Deutsch captured this image of the damage to the Delta plane involved in the wing clip collision with a WestJet plane at LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, May 11, 2017. Credit: Jon Deutsch captured this image of the damage to the Delta plane involved in the wing clip collision with a WestJet plane at LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, May 11, 2017.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate an accident at LaGuardia Airport Thursday in which two arriving planes clipped each other on a taxiway.
There were no injuries as a result of the accident on Taxiway B about 8:35 a.m., the FAA said.
WestJet Flight 1200, a Boeing 737, “made contact” with a wing of Republic Airline Flight 5899, an Embraer E170, the FAA said.
A spokeswoman for WestJet said the wingtip of its incoming flight from Toronto touched the tail wing of another plane that was “holding to go into a gate.”
The WestJet plane continued to the gate under its own power and was taken out of service for an inspection, the spokeswoman said.
Republic did not immediately return a telephone call requesting comment.
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