Two airplanes taxiing while preparing for takeoff at Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday night clipped each other, authorities said.
The incident which happened around 7:30pm at one of America’s busiest airports, Federal Aviation Administration officials said left no one injured. A Scandinavian Airlines plane’s left wing clipped the tail of a United Airlines plane while they were on a taxiway.
The ExpressJet plane was towed back to the gate, and the Scandinavian Airlines plane taxied back to the gate, where passengers disembarked, New York’s WNBC-TV reported. The accident is being investigated.
ExpressJet Airlines released a statement Wednesday night saying it is “working in coordination with officials to determine a cause.” All 31 passengers on the plane were re-accommodated, the airline said.
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