The FAA said a a plane’s “wingtip struck the tail” of another aircraft.
Two Delta airplanes reportedly collided on the airport runway in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday morning.
On X, formerly Twitter, Flightradar24 wrote, “Based on playback, it appears to be a ground collision between a Delta A350 and Delta Connection CRJ-900 that resulted in the vertical and horizontal stabilizer of the CRJ being severed from the aircraft.”
Jason Adams, a meteorologist with ABC affiliate station WFTS-TV in Tampa, Florida, said he was aboard one of the aircraft. He also shared a series of posts on X that detailed the incident.
