chicago — CHICAGO (AP) — A United Airlines plane heading to its gate collided with the tail of another United Airlines plane at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, authorities said.
United officials said in a statement that no one was hurt in the accident that occurred on Friday, and the 113 passengers on board Flight No. 2652 coming from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, were able to leave the plane normally after a delay.
Officials said the second plane had its horizontal stabilizer hit and was not moving when the planes collided.
Bill Marcus, a passenger on the plane from Wyoming, said he didn’t even realize anything had happened until the pilot said there would be a delay to document something and passengers on the plane saw a number of people gathering around the right wing.
Marcus said: “I was shocked because I didn’t feel anything more, although when they separated the two planes there was some trembling.” CBS News Chicago. He added that it took about an additional 40 minutes for the plane to reach the gate.
Earlier this month, two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided at an intersection at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, injuring a flight attendant.
Such collisions on runways may raise concerns about aviation safety in the aftermath Recent accidents and near misses Including The most dangerous plane crash In the United States decades ago, when it was an army helicopter It collided with a plane Preparing to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in January.