Two planes collide on airport tarmac

Two JetBlue planes collided on the tarmac at Logan International Airport in Boston, causing a visible dent at least one of the aircrafts.

The left winglet of Flight 777 hit the right horizontal stabilizer or tail section of Flight 551 shortly after 6.30am on Thursday on the deicing pad, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Images shared by passengers showed Flight 777’s winglet dented and with gray marks.

No passengers or crew members were injured.

One plane was destined for Las Vegas and the other aircraft was scheduled to depart for Orlando.

Both airplanes will be put out of service to be repaired, according to a JetBlue spokesperson.

‘Safety is JetBlue’s priority, and we will work to determine how and why this incident occurred,’ the spokesperson told the New York Post.

A passenger, Casey Cunningham, wrote on X (Twitter): ‘An eventful morning for us passengers, but really grateful for the in-flight JetBlue crew who patiently answered passengers’ questions and constantly provided updates to us on board.’

Cunningham added that ‘they are quickly getting a new plane for the passengers destined for Orlando’.

Another passenger, Dave Sauter, told Boston 25 News that he was going to Las Vegas to work an event around Super Bowl LVIII and that the plane was full. He said the collision happened as his plane pulled away from the gate, and waited on the tarmac to return to the gate.

It comes after a series of near-collisions between airplanes in the US recently.

In January 2023, a Delta Air Lines plane that was about to take off from John F Kennedy International Airport in New York almost struck an American Airlines jet that was taxiing.

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