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Delta Plane Carrying 192 Passengers Clips Another Aircraft at Atlanta Airport
"We apologize to our customers for the experience and delay in their travels," a Delta spokesperson saidNEED TO KNOW
A Delta Air Lines flight clipped another aircraft while at an airport
The wing of Delta Flight 1830 "reportedly made contact with another Delta aircraft during pushback at the gate" at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
"There are no reports of injuries for crew or customers on the flight. We apologize to our customers for the experience and delay in their travels," a Delta spokesperson saidA Delta Air Lines flight clipped another aircraft while at an airport.
On Sunday, August 10, the wing of Delta Flight 1830 "reportedly made contact with another Delta aircraft during pushback at the gate" at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, according to a Delta spokesperson.
"There are no reports of injuries for crew or customers on the flight. We apologize to our customers for the experience and delay in their travels," the statement said.
The aircraft – a Boeing 757 – had 192 customers onboard with two pilots and four flight attendants. The customers were later transferred to another 757 plane.
The other plane involved in the incident was empty, per the airline.
Delta said that the incident did not impact its operations.
FlightAware stated that the flight, which left at 10:41 a.m. local time, was headed to Guatemala City. The flight arrived at its destination over three hours late, per the flight tracker.
In May, two planes clipped wings at California's San Francisco International Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that at about 12:35 a.m. local time on May 6, United Airlines Flight 863 was "pushing back from the gate at San Francisco International Airport [when] its right wingtip struck the left wingtip of United Airlines Flight 877."
The incident occurred "in an area where air traffic controllers do not communicate with flight crews," the FAA continued.
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The month prior, two planes made contact on the tarmac at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
Several members of Congress, including Rep. Nick LaLota, Rep. Grace Meng, Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Rep. Ritchie Torres, and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, were aboard Delta Flight 1830 when it clipped the other plane.
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