A Delta jet clipped a smaller plane on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday morning, tearing the tail off the smaller plane, officials said.
Delta Air Lines Flight 295, which was en route to Tokyo, was taxiing for takeoff when its wingtip hit the tail of Endeavor Air Flight 5526, which was headed to Louisiana, knocking the Endeavor plane’s tail off, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and Delta.
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Two delta planes collided on the tarmac, but they call the smaller plane an endavor plane so they can pay the pilots less.
Ooof… That looks EXpensive and not just for the CRJ. The larger plane (it looks like an A350, but not sure) is going to need its wing structure and wing box all thoroughly inspected. Outside of the engines, those are the two most expensive structures on an airplane. Not saying that it is going to be a write off for either plane, but it is a possibility. I’m curious if the bending moment of that impact was outside what the larger plane’s wing box was designed for. That force had to be huge, given the length of the wings on the large plane.
I look forward to seeing the analysis from some of the better aviation Youtubers on this one.
I think we have different definitions of “clips”
'Tis but a scratch!
It’s not like the front fell off
Slap some speed tape on there and you’re good to go.
Was it a Boeing? Just take a bit of tape from the door.
Nope, one was an Embraer and the other looks like an Airbus
Edit: Looks like the smaller one was a Bombardier CRJ900 and the bigger one was an Airbus A350
Just wanna drop in to say that the people responsible for keeping the planes the planes from getting romantic on the ground are the same people who chaperone them in the air.
A lot more room to maneuver in the air, though. Like a third dimension and stuff
I guess they need to increase the delta between the planes…
Wonder if it was the pilot or the ATC.
I’d lean towards ATC.
Pete Buttigieg, you’re having a bad years.
Edit: this is what happens when you do political favors and appoint a politician to a nontrivial, professional position.
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Yeah but the orange ones taste the best
Poor lil guy
The larger plane needed to show dominance
My plane daddy can beat up your plane daddy.
