Two United Airlines jet airplanes clipped wings Sunday at Dulles International
Airport outside Washington. No serious injuries were
reported.
The incident involved Shuttle America’s
Flight No. 7681, an Embraer 170 jet en route from Dulles to Dallas-Forth Worth
International Airport
as a United Express flight. The Embraer’s right wing hit the left wing of
United Airlines Flight No. 783, and Airbus 319 en route from Dulles to Albuquerque International Sunport
Airport, Federal Aviation
Administration representative Laura Brown said, according to the Washington
Post. The incident occurred around 6 p.m.
The Embraer was carrying 66 people and the Airbus, 92,
United Airlines representative Jeff Kovick said, according to the same source.
They are all safe. He also said crews were working to determine whether either
aircraft had been damaged.
“Safety is our No. 1 priority. We will assist in the
investigation into this incident,” he said.
Meanwhile, the 92 passengers aboard the Airbus were placed
on a twin-engine Airbus 320 and flown to Albuquerque.
The Embraer’s 66 passengers remained to complete their journey Monday morning.
No other delays resulted from the accident.
This is not the first incident like this occurred on the U.S. airports.
Two U.S. Airways planes clipped wings February 17 at Washington’s
Reagan National Airport.
The planes were safely evacuated, their passengers being assigned to other
flights.
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