The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why two American Airlines regional jets touched wings at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., Thursday.
April 10 The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why two American Airlines regional jets touched wings at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., Thursday.
No injuries were reported in the mishap when, at 12:45 p.m. EDT, the wingtip of American Airlines Flight 5490, bound for Charleston, S.C., bumped the winglet — an aerodynamic fixture that rises up from the end of the wing — on American Airlines flight 4522, which was scheduled to depart for JFK.
“BlueStreak 5490, did we hit the aircraft next to us?” The pilot can be heard on LiveATC.net asking the air traffic control tower whether the places had touched.
“We think we might have hit the Embraer 175 short of runway 19”, the pilot continued.
