Two planes collide at major US airport
Two planes have collided at a major US airport on the tarmac with footage showing the tail of one plane completely sliced.
Two planes have collided on the runway at a major US airport.
Footage shows a Japan Airlines plane entangled with a Delta Air Lines jet at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) on Thursday morning (AEST).
The incident occurred around 10.17am Seattle time on Wednesday between the S Concourse and the south airport maintenance hangars.
The Japan Airlines aircraft was taxing when it rammed the back of the packed US carrier, reportedly striking the tail of the parked aircraft.
Port of Seattle Fire, Police and SEA operations are on the scene.
“There are no injuries reported at this time. SEA is working with both airlines to safely deplane passengers and bring them to the terminal,” the airport said in a statement on X.
“There is minimal impact to airport operations as this occurred on a taxi lane. Passengers are encouraged to check with their airlines if they are flying today.”
One passenger recorded a video that showed the Japan plane’s right wing left halfway sliced through the Delta plane’s tail.
“So, we were sitting on the tarmac at SeaTac and another plane ran into us, just casually sliced into our tail,” she wrote on X.
“Very scary.”
In other footage shared to X, passengers can be scene disembarking from the Japan Airlines flight onto the tarmac then ushered into nearby buses.
It comes less than a week after an American Airlines plane smashed into a Black Hawk during its descent in Washington DC and plunged into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
The tragedy left all those involved dead with all 67 bodies now recovered from the river.
It’s the deadliest US air crash since November 2001, when 260 people died after an American Airlines plane plunged into a Queens neighbourhood.
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