Delta Air plane crashes into parked aircraft in Atlanta

Published date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:59:19 +0700


This is the moment a Delta Air Lines plane crashed into a parked aircraft at an airport in Atlanta, Georgia.
Footage shows a Delta Air Lines Airbus A350 clipping the tail of an Endeavor Air Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft while taxiing on the runway of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on September 10.
The collision ripped the tail off the smaller Bombardier plane.
The A350, operating as Delta Air Lines Flight 295, was scheduled to depart for Tokyo, Japan, while the Endeavor plane was bound for Lafayette, Louisiana as Flight 5526.
In a statement, Delta said: 'There have been no reported injuries at this time and customers are being transported back to the terminal where they will be reaccommodated on alternate flights.'
It added that there were 221 passengers on the Airbus and 56 on the Bombardier.
An airport spokesperson said in a statement: 'There is minimal impact to airport operations. Passengers from one of the aircraft are being bussed from the incident to the concourses. The second aircraft taxied under its own power to a concourse where passengers will deplane at their gate.'
The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate the crash.
Endeavor Air is a regional airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines.

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Atlanta, GA, USA
10/09/2024
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Delta Air Lines Airbus 350 Endeavor Air Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport wing tail
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