Delta plane clips nearby jet at Atlanta airport; no injuries
No one was injured after a Delta Air Lines plane clipped another plane while pushing back from the gate the morning of Sunday, Aug. 10. A Delta spokesperson told the Associated Press the wing of the plane “reportedly made contact” with an empty aircraft.
The incident happened at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Georgia. The plane was scheduled for travel to Guatemala City. Passengers disembarked the plane, transferring to another. There were 198 people on board the plane.
This is the second event involving a Delta plane in two weeks. More than two dozen people were hospitalized on Wednesday, July 30, after a Delta flight headed to Europe had to make an emergency landing. Officials said the flight experienced significant turbulence that forced crews to make an emergency landing in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
When the Airbus A330 jet landed, local paramedics met the plane to evaluate passengers. The Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport Fire Department took 25 passengers and crew to area hospitals for further evaluation and care.
Ella Rae Greene, Editor In Chief
