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The National Transportation Safety Board is now investigating after two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the taxiway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Wednesday night time, with the wing of 1 plane slamming into the cockpit home windows of the opposite.
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One particular person was taken to a hospital, airport officers mentioned, within the uncommon and horrifying incident.
Both plane concerned within the “low-speed collision” have been CRJ-900 regional jets operated by regional provider Endeavor Air, in response to a assertion from Delta.
“Our pilot slammed on the brakes, but unfortunately, we t-boned the other plane,” passenger Nate Cicero advised NCS affiliate WABC. “Once you looked up out the window and saw, saw the other plane there, we were going right towards them. It was inevitable crash.”
Flight 5047 had simply arrived from Charlotte, North Carolina, when the wing of flight 5155, getting ready to depart for Roanoke, Virginia, hit the nostril of their plane. “We have two CRJs on (taxiway) M that collided,” the pilot of flight 5047 radioed the bottom controller in audio recorded by LiveATC.web. “Their right wing clipped our nose and the cockpit wind screens.”
The collision occurred at the intersection of taxiway M and A, the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned in a assertion Thursday morning. The company is investigating what prompted the crash, however famous air site visitors management had instructed flight 5155 to attend to cross the intersection and yield to the opposite plane.
The pilot of flight 5155 reported one flight attendant had injured her knee within the collision, the air site visitors management audio mentioned. One particular person was taken to the hospital, in response to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport. No one else was injured.
“The NTSB dispatched a team of 10 to LaGuardia,” spokesman Eric Weiss mentioned in a assertion. “Flight recorders from both airplanes have been recovered and are now at NTSB headquarters in Washington for readout and analysis.”
The NTSB sometimes releases a preliminary report on accidents inside 30 days, and a full report, which determines possible trigger, in 12 to 18 months.
“Delta will work with all relevant authorities to review what occurred as safety of our customers and people comes before all else. We apologize to our customers for the experience,” the airline mentioned in a assertion.
The flight from Charlotte had 57 passengers onboard and the flight to Roanoke had 28 passengers, in response to Delta. They have been taken to the terminal by bus and have been supplied lodge room and meals.
The Port Authority says the incident didn’t influence airport operations.