{"id":166541,"date":"2025-10-02T11:51:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/two-delta-planes-collide-ripping-off-wing-while-taxiing-at-laguardia-airport-as-passenger-describes-moment-flights-absolutely-smashed-new-york-post\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T11:51:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:51:19","slug":"two-delta-planes-collide-ripping-off-wing-while-taxiing-at-laguardia-airport-as-passenger-describes-moment-flights-absolutely-smashed-new-york-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/two-delta-planes-collide-ripping-off-wing-while-taxiing-at-laguardia-airport-as-passenger-describes-moment-flights-absolutely-smashed-new-york-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Delta planes collide \u2014 ripping off wing \u2014 while taxiing at LaGuardia Airport as passenger describes moment flights \u2018absolutely smashed\u2019 – New York Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two packed Delta jets “absolutely smashed” into each other on the runway at LaGuardia Airport Wednesday night, according to authorities and terrified passengers \u2014 destroying a plane’s nose and ripping off a large part of a wing.
The saga unfolded when the wing of an aircraft carrying 32 people that was departing for Roanoke, Virginia, suddenly collided with the fuselage of an aircraft arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina, with 61 people aboard just before 10 p.m., Delta said in a statement.
\u201cTheir right wing clipped our nose and the cockpit. We have damage to our windscreen and… some of our screens in here,\u201d one pilot could be heard saying in air traffic control audio.
Photos from the scene showed one of the plane\u2019s windshields completely shattered and its nose banged up in the wake of the collision.
A huge part of a jet\u2019s wing was also torn off.
\u201cWe got absolutely smashed by another Delta flight. I don\u2019t know if we hit them or they hit us, but it was super jarring,\u201d CBS News producer Joey Annunziato, a passenger on the flight from Charlotte, said in a video<\/a> recorded from his seat just moments after impact.
\u201cEveryone shot forward in their seats and it was kind of a little chaotic as soon as it happened. We were shocked at what happened.\u201d
Annunziato added that his plane was moving at a \u201cdecent clip\u201d when the collision unfolded.
Another passenger, William Lusk, told ABC that his plane suddenly \u201cstopped, jerked, and jumped to the right\u201d just after it landed. 
\u201dEveryone went dead silent. And as everyone went dead silent, the pilot calmly came on and said, \u2018Hey, we’ve been in a crash, everyone remain calm\u2019,\u201d he told the outlet.
Despite the damage to the jets, miraculously, no passengers were injured during the collision, the airline said.
A flight attendant on board one of the aircraft suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital in the wake of the saga, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Photos and videos posted to social media captured emergency vehicles rushing toward the two regional jets, operated by Endeavor Air, in the immediate aftermath.
It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what caused the mishap, which unfolded within the first 24 hours of the government shutdown that has upended federal services.
Prior to the shutdown, airlines had warned that the shutdown could strain US aviation and potentially slow flights given Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers would be among those workers forced to work without pay.
It wasn\u2019t clear if staffing levels at LaGuardia were impacted at the time of Wednesday\u2019s collision.
The Post reached out to the FAA but didn\u2019t hear back immediately.
The Port Authority said LaGuardia\u2019s airport operations weren\u2019t impacted by the collision.
Meanwhile, Delta vowed to work with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board to probe the incident.
\u201cDelta teams at our New York-LaGuardia hub are working to ensure our customers are taken care of after two Delta Connection aircraft operated by Endeavor Air were involved in a low-speed collision during taxi,\u201d the airline said in a statement.
\u201cDelta will work with all relevant authorities to review what occurred as the safety of our customers and people comes before all else. We apologize to our customers for the experience.\u201d
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