A JetBlue plane headed to Puerto Rico clipped another aircraft, which was empty, at JFK Airport Wednesday, building on the chaos that nearly ensued days earlier at the same airport.
that the aircraft “came into light contact with a parked unoccupied aircraft during pushback.”
The plane then returned to the gate. No injuries were reported. For the sake of safety, those on the flight were assigned to another aircraft. “Safety is JetBlue’s first priority, and both aircraft involved will be taken out of service for inspection and the incident will be investigated,” Dombrowski added.
The incident comes mere days after two planes nearly collided on the runway at the same airport. In that near-incident, a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 was cleared for takeoff but was forced to stop due to an American Airlines flight crossing the runway. According to reports, the aircraft were within 1,000 feet:
NTSB is investigating the Jan. 13 runway incursion at JFK airport involving an American Airlines Boeing 777 and a Delta Boeing 737.All of this follows the FAA temporarily grounding flights due to a Notice to Air Missions system outage last week, which the FAA is
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