On Wednesday evening, two regional Delta Air Lines nozzles collided on the travel track at Laguardia, New York, while the stewardess was injured in what the airline called a “low speed collision”.
The disaster occurred when the plane was preparing to depart for Roanoke (Flight 5155), Virginia, with 32 people on board, cropped his wing against the nose of the second flight that arrived from Charlotte in North Carolina and according to CNN report ..
The stewardess had an injury to a intrepid life and was taken to the hospital, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. No passengers were injured in the incident.
What exactly happened?
The “low speed collision” between the two Delta Air Lines nozzles damaged the windshield of one of the aircraft.
“Their right wing has cropped our nose and cockpit, we have damage to our windshield and … some of our screens here,” the pilot said by audio control of the air traffic according to reports.
Both aircraft were operated by Delta Dorta Endeavour Air.
What caused a collision?
The collision occurred at the crossroads of the M and A travel track, the Federal Aviation Administration said in its statement on Thursday morning.
FAA examines what caused the accident. However, the agency noted that the air traffic control ordered the 5155 flight to wait for the intersection and return to the second aircraft, CNN said.
Passengers describe frightening details
Passengers William Lusk, who was on a flight, described the impact: “The plane stopped, jerked and jumped to the right.
Delta said that the total operations at the airport were not disturbed and added that it would cooperate with the authorities by the investigators’ incident. “The security of our customers and people comes to everyone else,” the airline said in its statement and apologized to the affected passengers.
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