Posted on 04/10/2025 11:50:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Two American Airlines jet have had a minor collision on the runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - just three months after a deadly crash near there.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the wingtip of one aircraft struck another on Thursday afternoon. At least two members of Congress were aboard one of the jets.
Nick LaLota, a New York Republican, said no-one was hurt when the wing of their stationary plane was "bumped" by another jet.
He said his colleague, Grace Meng, a New York Democrat, was handing out grapes to passengers on the plane.
The Federal Aviation Administration said: "The wingtip of American Airlines Flight 5490 struck American Airlines Flight 4522 on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport around 12:45pm local time on Thursday, April 10.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport said in a statement that there was no impact on flight operations, and both aircraft returned to gates with no injuries reported.
American Airlines said 76 customers were aboard Flight 5490 and 67 customers were on the other plane, and no injuries were reported.
"Safety is our top priority," the airline said in an emailed statement, "and we apologize to our customers for their experience."
"Both aircraft taxied to the terminal and have been taken out of service to be inspected by our maintenance teams," the statement continued. "The damage was limited to a winglet on each aircraft."
An investigation is still ongoing into January's deadly crash involving an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, that was landing at Reagan National Airport when it collided with a Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
The cause of that disaster remains unknown, but a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended that some helicopter operations near the airport be banned.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
“Safety is our highest priority, after pronouns and intersectionality, of course.”
Aren’t winglets made of carbon fiber? Easy fix - the aircraft will be back in service in no time! /s
It’s getting a bit excessive. We’ve had more in 90 days than in ten years.
Grace Meng, a New York Democrat, was handing out grapes to passengers on the plane.!?
Hey don’t laugh. That’s your tax dollars going to her grape pandering.
No, not really. Prior to the recent incidents, dinging a wing tip would never make the national news.
“High five! ...oops”
Plus, without even checking, I’m willing to bet the that title of this report is wrong (sensationalized). I’d bet money it did NOT happen on the runway, but happened on a taxiway.
Those 2 aircrafts continued on their next flights with significant vibration from bent wings 🤣
This stuff seems to happening a lot more lately. What has changed in the last couple of years should be the question?
No wonder so many automatically think of DEI...
Minor incidents like this make the national news now, they never used to. Although certainly not a common occurrence, incidents like this did occur occasionally, but just never made the news.
Fist Bump!
Bush had close to 9 months to address the subversion before 911
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