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Shafaq News
06-02-2025
- General
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After Washington Deadly Crash: Two planes collide on runway at US airport
Shafaq News/ A Japan Airlines plane struck the tail of a parked Delta Airlines aircraft while landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington, authorities reported on Thursday. The incident follows a crash a week earlier involving a passenger plane and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, killing 67. Airport authorities responded to the accident and worked to evacuate passengers from the plane, the airport authorities wrote on X. 'All passengers from Japan Airlines flight 68 and Delta Air Lines flight 1921 were deplaned… Response crews were working to move the aircraft off the ramp taxiway.' Delta Airlines spokesperson Samantha Moore-Facto said in an email that the Boeing 737 was waiting for de-icing when the wingtip of another plane made contact with its tail. There were reportedly 142 passengers aboard Delta flight 1921, heading to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, who were transferred to another plane.
Roya News
06-02-2025
- General
- Roya News
Two aircrafts collide at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
On Wednesday, a collision occurred at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the United States, where a Japan Airlines aircraft, while landing, struck the tail of a stationary plane. Airport authorities responded quickly to the incident, evacuating passengers from the affected aircraft, according to a statement on the airport's official X (formerly Twitter) platform. Samantha Moore-Facto, a spokesperson for Delta, stated that the aircraft, a Boeing 737, was parked for de-icing when its wing made contact with the tail of the Japanese plane. The Delta flight, Flight 1921, bound for Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, had 142 passengers on board, all of whom were transferred to another plane without any injuries. This incident comes just a week after a tragic air disaster near Washington, where a passenger plane collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter, resulting in the deaths of 67 people, further raising concerns about aviation safety.
