A Japan Airlines jet sliced the tail of a Delta plane during a frightening collision at Seattle Airport on Wednesday morning.
The taxiing Japan Airlines plane that arrived from Tokyo struck the tail of a parked Delta plane at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 10:17am. Both aircraft were filled with passengers.
Terrified passengers, who were located between S Concourse and the south maintenance hangars, were astonished to see the wing embedded into the tail from outside their windows.
No injuries were reported and there was minimal impact to airport operations. Images online showed the Japan Airlines wing cut right through the Delta tail.
‘So, we were sitting on the tarmac at SeaTac and another plane ran into us, just casually sliced into our tail. Very scary,’ one witness said on X.
There were 142 customers on the Delta flight from Seattle to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The company said they are working to get passengers on a new aircraft.
While in sequence for deicing, the tail of a Delta 737 aircraft reportedly made contact with a wing tip of another airline’s aircraft,’ a Delta spokesperson told DailyMail.com.
‘There are no reports of injuries for crew or customers on the flight, and we apologize for the experience and delay in travels.’
Seattle Airport confirmed the collision, saying that both airlines were working on getting passengers and crew safety off the affected crafts.
The statement read: ‘At approximately 10:17 a.m. this morning, Port of Seattle Fire, Police and SEA operations responded to an incident on the ramp at SEA on a taxi line between S Concourse and the south airport maintenance hangars.
‘The incident involved a taxing Japan Airlines aircraft that appears to have struck the tail of a parked Delta Air Lines aircraft. There are no injuries reported at this time.
‘SEA is working with both airlines to safely deplane passengers and bring them to the terminal.
‘There is minimal impact to airport operations as this occurred on a taxi lane. Passengers are encouraged to check with their airlines if they are flying today.’
The collision comes as the country is reeling from a week of devastating aviation crashes.
An American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on January 29, killing all 67 people involved – marking the deadliest air disaster in the country since 2001.
Sixty passengers on the American Airlines regional flight and four crew members were heading to Ronald Reagan National Airport from Wichita, Kansas, when it was hit by a Black Hawk Army helicopter conducting a training flight.
Salvage crews have recovered the bodies of all 67 people killed from the icy waters of the Potomac River.
Washington DC’s airspace is notoriously congested and there have been mounting fears that a tragedy was on the horizon.
On Friday, a medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes.
All six people on board and a seventh person inside a vehicle on the ground died in the crash.
Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker said two more people who were hurt on the ground have been identified on Monday, bringing the total to 24 injured.
Michael Hitchner shared the new footage this week and could be heard saying ‘oh f***’ as his wife and mom in the car screamed.
In chilling audio released days after the crash, air traffic control was heard speaking with pilots in the air ambulance in the moments before the aircraft went down.
After air traffic control asked the pilot ‘what frequency’ they were on, it appeared the pilot said someone was ‘talking with the wrong people’. Seconds later, an ominous moan could be heard from what is believed to be the cockpit.
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