Delta and Japan Airlines Planes Collide at Airport: ‘Very Scary’
Photos posted online showed the Japan Airlines wing cut through the Delta plane’s tail.
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A Japan Airlines jet collided with a parked Delta Air Lines plane as it was taxiing across the tarmac at a Seattle airport Wednesday, officials said. The Japan Airlines flight was set to take off to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico when it struck the tail of the Delta aircraft around 10:17 a.m. at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), KOMO News reported. “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 wrote on X. Photos posted on social media showed the Japan Airlines wing cut halfway 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. Very scary. #Seattle,” an X user posted along with video of the incident. A Delta spokesperson confirmed the incident in a statement to the Daily Mail, saying the “aircraft reportedly made contact with a wing tip of another airline’s aircraft.”
So, we were sitting on the tarmac at SeaTac and another plane ran into us, just casually sliced into our tail. Very scary. #Seattle pic.twitter.com/MrhQRi8Yvb
— jackie (@jacqpatton) February 5, 2025
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