The wingtip of a Delta Air Lines aircraft struck the tail of another Delta plane at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Tuesday morning.
There were passengers on board both planes, but no injuries are reported at this time, according to Hartsfield-Jackson and Delta.
A Delta Airbus A350 was taxiing for departure at the Atlanta airport when its wingtip struck the tail of a Delta Connection regional jet, according to preliminary information from the Federal Aviation Administration.
A post on social media from the incident appeared to show the tail of one plane was badly damaged.
The FAA said it will investigate the incident, which occurred at about 10:07 a.m.
The A350 was Delta Flight 295, a flight to Tokyo, according to FAA. The Delta Connection aircraft was a Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Endeavor Air as Flight 5526 to Lafayette, Louisiana.
The CRJ-900 was on an adjacent taxiway when it was hit by the A350. The collision damaged the wing of the A350 and the tail of the regional jet, according to Delta.
Passengers on one aircraft are being taken by bus to Concourse B, while the other aircraft taxied to a gate. The airport said there is “minimal impact” to its operations.
There were 221 passengers on the A350 and 56 passengers on the CRJ-900. Delta said the passengers will be placed on other flights.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating the incident.
“Delta is cooperating with the NTSB and other authorities on this incident,” the airline said.
Meteorologist Jason Adams at WFTS in Tampa posted on X that while taxiing out for a flight, another plane appears to have “clipped the back of our plane.”
“Very jarring, metal scraping sounds then loud bags,” he wrote. “We’re fine. No fire or smoke.”
This is a developing story. More details to come.
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