Two Delta Air Lines jets damaged in low-speed collision' on New York airport taxiway, injuring 1

"Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the taxiway at LaGuardia Airport in New York, injuring a flight attendant, damaging a cockpit and tearing off part of a wing in what the airline described as a low-speed collision. An aircraft carrying 32 people was preparing for takeoff Wednesday night to Roanoke, Virginia, when its wing made contact with the fuselage of an aircraft arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina, with 61 people aboard, according to a statement from Delta."

"It wasn't immediately clear who was at fault, but air traffic control had instructed the Virginia-bound plane to hold short and yield to the other aircraft before the collision, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. A flight attendant was taken to a hospital, according to a statement from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. One of the pilots told the tower that the flight attendant told him she hit her knee when the planes collided, according to audio that www.LiveATC.net posted."

"Their right wing clipped our nose and the cockpit. We have damage to our windscreen and some of our screens in here, a pilot said, according to the air traffic control audio. Images of the damage showed the broken wing on one plane while the other plane's cockpit window was shattered and its nose was deeply gouged in several places."

Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on a LaGuardia taxiway, injuring a flight attendant and damaging both aircraft. A 32-person plane preparing to depart for Roanoke had its wing strike the fuselage of a 61-person aircraft arriving from Charlotte. Air traffic control had instructed the Virginia-bound plane to hold short and yield before the collision, according to the FAA. The flight attendant was taken to hospital with a reported knee injury; no passengers were reported injured. Images showed a broken wing, shattered cockpit window, and gouged nose. Passengers reported the landed plane stopped abruptly and the pilot urged calm.

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