Posted on 10/02/2025 5:25:48 AM PDT by Red Badger
New York — A collision occurred Wednesday night between two Delta Air Lines planes on a taxiway at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
In a statement, Delta Air Lines said that a "low-speed collision" occurred between Endeavor Air Flight 5047, arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina, and Endeavor Flight 5155, which was scheduled to depart for Roanoke, Virginia.
Endeavor is a Delta subsidiary. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in its own statement that the crash occurred just before 10 p.m. Eastern Time.
Delta plane on taxiway at LaGuardia Airport There was an apparent collision between two planes on a taxiway at LaGuardia Airport on Oct. 1, 2025. CBS News New York The Federal Aviation Administration later said Flight 5047 was taxing to its gate when it struck Flight 5155. The FAA said air traffic control instructed Flight 5155 to hold and yield to the other plane.
It happened at the intersection of Taxiways M and A, the FAA said.
According to Delta, preliminary information indicates that the wing of Flight 5155 made contact with the fuselage of Flight 5047.
The airline said that a flight attendant sustained a minor injury and was treated by EMTs at the scene. The injured person was taken to a hospital, the Port Authority said.
"There was no impact to airport operations," the Port Authority said of the incident.
Endeavor Flight 5155 was carrying 32 people, 28 passengers and four crewmembers, Delta said. Endeavor Flight 5047 was carrying 61 people, 57 passengers and 4 crewmembers.
A CBS News producer who was aboard Flight 5047 captured cell phone video of the damage to the wing of the other plane.
In the video, a pilot aboard Flight 5047 can be heard over the intercom telling passengers that "it seems as though there's an aircraft that collided with us."
"It was a pretty violent collision. At the time, we didn't really know like kind of what we hit." CBS News producer Joey Annunziato said. "But it almost, what it sounded like was like a sardine can kind of opening. Like it was like something was being sheared off and, lo and behold, we looked at the right side of the plane, and the wing looked like it was almost like off the plane."
Passengers were escorted off the planes and onto waiting shuttle buses. The airline said that passengers who needed them would be provided hotel rooms and booked onto new flights Thursday.
"Delta teams at our New York-LaGuardia hub are working to ensure our customers are taken care of after two Delta Connection aircraft operated by Endeavor Air were involved in a low-speed collision during taxi," Delta said in a statement. "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."
Elijah Westbrook contributed to this report.
Delta Air Lines Pilots are mentally unstable and it’s not safe to fly with them
Plenty of junkyard parts for the old Boeing 717’s, but replacing wings is a little much.
Not only the pilots, the controllers need to know where they are telling planes to move and if they see a problem they need to be on the mic yelling.
Looks like the tennis balls need to be added to the taxiways too.
I suppose you've never flown before. Thrust reverse is indeed available.
He didn't have the clearance, Clarence.
I fly Breeze. Have had very good experiences with them.
In other news- Delta now hiring pilots.
F.O. in the bar said to his captain, “you sure drink a lot before flying (as a pax.)”
“I know who does the maintenance (on Delta).”
Don’t ask how I know about this conversation.
No, no.
First, the wing tip was cut off.
Then it fell off.
The rest of the wing stayed on the airplane. 8<)
So, it was a bris encounter?...................
Shirley it was not a Too Close Encounter of the Bris kind!
That’s what Delta means: Doesn’t Even Leave The Airport
Oh, the Democrats will blame a lack of diversity in the ranks of air traffic controllers...
On most jets, there actually is a reverse gear. Deploy the thrust reversers and rev the engines. Plane will back up. They used to do that sometimes to back away from the gate, but they generally use tugs all the time for that now.
LOL, I’m glad someone got the reference!
And glad no one was hurt.
You can technically use the reverse thrusters.
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