The United plane connects with the Delta plane at Boston Logan Airport
Two planes at Boston’s Logan Airport came into contact Friday afternoon, prompting emergency vehicles to swarm a section of the airport overlooking the harbor. A United Airlines plane came into contact with a parked Delta Air Lines plane at low speed, a Massport spokesman said.A United spokesman said the wing of a United plane clipped the tail of another plane. A family on the United flight watched as the two planes got a little too close for comfort. Their kids pulled out their cell phones and started scrolling right when the collision happened. The video shows the United plane moving at low speed as the wing of the United plane clipped the tail of a Delta plane. The family said they could feel the planes collide and said it was a little scary.” We were driving through the tarmac and I saw this other plane stationary and we were just driving and it hit the other plane, said Daniel Fredrickson. “I knew it was going to happen. So I caught it on video.”[ads1]; Fredrickson said they sat at the scene for about an hour after the incident while other people around them also took pictures. Online flight records showed the United plane, a Boeing 737 MAX 9, was scheduled to travel from Boston to Newark Airport on Friday afternoon before making contact with the parked Delta Airbus A321 plane. The incident occurred in an aircraft parking area adjacent to the Hyatt hotel.” , and we will rebook them on other flights,” the United statement said. Delta said passengers on the flight were waiting to travel to Detroit. Video below: Passengers witness plane collision at Logan Airport “While no injuries have been reported to our customers or crew on Delta flight 1657, the aircraft came into contact with another aircraft while awaiting takeoff clearance at Logan Airfield,” a spokesperson said for Delta. “Delta teams are working to get customers to their final destinations this evening and we apologize for the delay.” United said there were 128 customers on board the flight. No injuries have been reported.
Two planes at Logan Airport in Boston came into contact Friday afternoon, prompting emergency vehicles to swarm a section of the airport overlooking the harbor.
A Massport spokesperson said a United Airlines flight came into contact with a parked Delta Air Lines flight at low speed.
A United spokesperson said the wing of a United plane clipped the tail of another plane.
A family on the United flight watched as the two planes got a little too close for comfort.
Their kids pulled out their cell phones and started scrolling right when the collision happened.
The video shows the United plane moving at low speed as the wing of the United plane clipped the tail of a Delta plane.
The family said they could feel the planes collide and said it was a little scary.
“We were driving through the tarmac and I saw this other plane stationary and we were just driving and it hit the other plane,” said Daniel Fredrickson. “I knew it was going to happen. So I caught it on video.”
Fredrickson said they sat at the scene for about an hour after the incident while other people around them also took pictures.
Online flight records showed that the United plane, a Boeing 737 MAX 9, was scheduled to travel from Boston to Newark Airport on Friday afternoon before it came into contact with the parked Delta Airbus A321 plane.
The incident occurred in an aircraft parking area adjacent to the Hyatt hotel.
“Customers on the United flight were normally aisle-side, and we will be rebooking them on other flights,” United’s statement said.
Delta said passengers on the flight were waiting to travel to Detroit.
Video below: Passengers witness plane crash at Logan Airport
“While no injuries have been reported to our customers or crew on Delta flight 1657, the aircraft came into contact with another aircraft while awaiting takeoff clearance at Logan Airfield,” a Delta spokesperson said.
“Delta teams are working to get customers to their final destinations this evening and we apologize for the delay.”
United said there were 128 customers on board the flight. No injuries have been reported.
