On the morning of the 10th, two Delta Airlines passenger planes collided at the Atlanta Airport in Georgia . The tail of one of the planes was severely damaged and almost broke off, and the wing of the other passenger plane was damaged. Fortunately, there were no casualties in the incident. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration The FAA has launched an investigation.
The FAA confirmed that the accident occurred at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 10:07 a.m. local time. An A350 passenger plane preparing to fly to Tokyo Haneda Airport was taxiing. , the wing collided with the tail of a CRJ-900 passenger plane bound for Lafayette, Louisiana, on the adjacent runway.
At the time of the incident, the Delta Air Lines A350 passenger plane was carrying 221 passengers, and another smaller CRJ-900 passenger plane was carrying 56 passengers; the tail of the CRJ-900 passenger plane was seriously damaged and almost broke off, and the wing of the A350 passenger plane was Damage, fortunately no casualties were caused.
After the incident, all passengers have disembarked and returned to the terminal, and will take other passenger flights to their destinations.
The FAA and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board have both stated that they will investigate the aircraft collision.
Delta Air Lines pointed out that the two planes were on the alternate taxiway when they collided. An airport spokesman said the incident had little impact on airport operations.
The New York Times reported that ABC Florida meteorologist Jason Adams, who was also on the CRJ-900 at the time, posted on social media that the incident “made a deafening sound, first the sound of metal colliding, Then there was a loud bang and no fire or smoke.”
