The FAA is investigating a wing strike incident at San Francisco International Airport involving two United Airlines flights that occurred early Tuesday morning. A Sydney-bound flight's right wing touched the left wing of a Hong Kong-bound flight while pushing back from their gates. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported among the 506 passengers and crew combined on both flights, who were rebooked afterwards. This incident took place in a tarmac area without communication with air traffic control. Later, another United flight had a near-miss incident as it aborted landing, indicating rising concerns about airport safety.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident at San Francisco International Airport involving a pair of United Airlines flights whose wings struck each other as they were pushing back from their gates for departure early Tuesday morning.
Passengers on both aircraft deplaned and were rebooked on other flights to their final destinations, indicating that while the incident was potentially serious, it was managed without injuries.
The incident occurred in an area on the tarmac where flight crews do not communicate with air traffic controllers and rely on ramp controllers for pushback clearance instead.
Coincidentally, another close call involving a United flight occurred at SFO several hours later when Flight 1522 from Burbank abruptly abandoned its landing.
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