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Delta flight clips another plane on taxiway at Atlanta airport, knocks off smaller plane's tail

A Delta jet clipped a smaller plane on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday morning, tearing the tail off the smaller plane, officials said.

Delta Air Lines Flight 295, which was en route to Tokyo, was taxiing for takeoff when its wingtip hit the tail of Endeavor Air Flight 5526, which was headed to Louisiana, knocking the Endeavor plane’s tail off, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and Delta.

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Hildegarde ,

Two delta planes collided on the tarmac, but they call the smaller plane an endavor plane so they can pay the pilots less.

Album ,
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Endeavor is owned by Delta.

Will be interesting to see who’s fault this is… Sounds like ground ATC.

Finadil ,

Side of the plane even says Delta…https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/10aafb8f-33f2-41f9-9a66-bf2ad4662b6d.jpeg

CmdrShepard ,

That probably just scraped off from the other plane like when a car leaves an imprint of their license plate during a crash.

Lookorex ,

The back fell off

Canopyflyer ,

That’s not typical. I’d just like to point that out.

MagicShel ,

They should just fly it out of the environment.

criticon ,

'Tis but a scratch

Canopyflyer ,

Ooof… That looks EXpensive and not just for the CRJ. The larger plane (it looks like an A350, but not sure) is going to need its wing structure and wing box all thoroughly inspected. Outside of the engines, those are the two most expensive structures on an airplane. Not saying that it is going to be a write off for either plane, but it is a possibility. I’m curious if the bending moment of that impact was outside what the larger plane’s wing box was designed for. That force had to be huge, given the length of the wings on the large plane.

I look forward to seeing the analysis from some of the better aviation Youtubers on this one.

MegaUltraChicken ,

Slap some speed tape on there and you’re good to go.

AlbinoPython ,

Was it a Boeing? Just take a bit of tape from the door.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod , (edited )
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Nope, one was an Embraer and the other looks like an Airbus

Edit: Looks like the smaller one was a Bombardier CRJ900 and the bigger one was an Airbus A350

yesman ,

Just wanna drop in to say that the people responsible for keeping the planes the planes from getting romantic on the ground are the same people who chaperone them in the air.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod , (edited )
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A lot more room to maneuver in the air, though. Like a third dimension and stuff

HK65 ,

Yeah but on the ground you can roll slower than 250 kph though.

RagingRobot ,

You probably don’t want to do much rolling in the air

SpoopyKing ,

Most airports have separate controllers for taxiway coordination and for runway and air coordination. Many larger airports separate tasks further, like having a separate approach controller. So, usually different people.

HK65 ,

Same qualification though. You need to be a qualified ATC to clear a taxi, and air law states that the ground rolling stage as soon as the plane is moving under its own power is part of the flight. It goes as far as this is a flight accident and will be treated accordingly.

breakingcups ,

Wonder if it was the pilot or the ATC.

NotMyOldRedditName , (edited )

I think we have different definitions of “clips”

Blumpkinhead ,

'Tis but a scratch!

NotMyOldRedditName ,

It’s not like the front fell off

TachyonTele ,

The big fish eat the little ones.

xmunk ,

My plane daddy can beat up your plane daddy.

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