New York – Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided while he was in the lagundiia airport traffic in New York, injuring at least one person in what the airline has described as a “low -speed collision”.
The wing of an airplane carrying 32 people preparing to take off on Wednesday evening in Roanoke, Virginia, struck the fuselage of a plane from Charlotte, in North Carolina, with 61 people on board, according to a Delta statement.
A on -board agent suffered non -fatal injuries and was taken to hospital, according to a press release from the Port Authority in New York and New Jersey. There was no injured passenger report, said the airline.
“Their right wing cut off the nose and cockpit, we have damage to our windshield and … Some of our screens here,” said a driver, according to Air Traffic Control Audio.
The plane that landed “stopped, jerked off and jumps to the right,” said Passenger William Lusk in ABC. “Everyone has become silent. And while everyone has become silent, the pilot went calmly and said:” Hey, we were in an accident, everyone remains calm. “”
The rest of the airport operations should not be affected, according to Delta.
“Delta will work with all the competent authorities to examine what happened as the security of our customers and our people above all,” Delta’s statement said. “We apologize to our customers for experience.”
Delta connection planes involved in the collision are operated by Endeavour Air.
