Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided at low speeds while taxiing on Wednesday evening at LaGuardia Airport here, injuring at least one person.
The low-speed collision occurred when the wing of an aircraft preparing for departure to Roanoke, Virginia, hit the fuselage of another aircraft arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina, a statement from Delta said.
The airline said a flight attendant sustained a minor injury, and no passengers aboard either flight were injured. The injured person was taken to a hospital, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement.
The cause of the collision is unknown so far.
Despite the incident, the Port Authority said there was no impact to airport operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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