Folks are beginning to wonder just what’s going on with aviation these days following yet another scary incident involving planes at a United States Airport.
Just a week removed from last Wednesday’s deadly crash, a plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport ran into another aircraft that was taxiing on the runway.
The Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed that the right wing of a Japan Airlines plane hit the tail of a Delta Airlines plane at 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday. No injuries were reported.
Per FlightAware tracking, the Japan Airlines flight had arrived in Seattle from Tokyo, with the Delta flight heading to Puerto Vallarta.
A passenger on the Delta flight recorded the collision, which is shown in the video below:
“Why do these types of stories keep happening?” a user asked.
“The fact PASSENGERS are more aware than pilots anymore is concerning,” someone added.
“There is too much of this going on something absolutely doesn’t add up,” said a third.
Flights Were Paused At United States Airport After Plane Got Clipped
Meanwhile, a Delta spokesperson has told the Associated Press that the plane was waiting to have ice removed from its exterior when it got clipped on the tail by the wing of another aircraft.
Passengers were escorted off both flights, with a later Japan Airlines flight out of Seattle canceled.
The FAA temporarily paused flights at the United States Airport.
“The aircraft were in an area that is not under air traffic control,” the FAA also explained.
This latest incident is one of a growing number of aviation mishaps to have taken place in the U.S. in recent months. There were two fatal crashes in the country just last week.
An army helicopter collided with an American Airlines plane near the Ronald Reagan National Airport last Wednesday, and just two days later, a medevac flight went down in a crowded part of Philadelphia.
Over 70 people were killed as a result of the crashes.
