BOSTON – Two JetBlue planes hit each other on the ground at Logan Airport in Boston early Thursday morning.
A spokesperson for Massport, which runs the airport, told WBZ-TV the two jets “made contact” while in the de-icing area.
“One wingtip touched another plane’s tail. No injuries, but both flights cancelled,” the spokesperson said, calling the incident “very minor.”
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According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the left winglet – the little wing at the end of the plane’s wing used to reduce drag – of one plane hit the horizontal stabilizer at the back of another jet around 6:40 a.m.
One flight, JetBlue Flight 777, was heading to Las Vegas at 6 a.m. The other, JetBlue Flight 551, was leaving for Orlando, Florida at the same time.
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“The event happened in an area of the tarmac that is controlled by the airline,” FAA spokesperson Elizabeth Isham Cory said in a statement.
WBZ has also reached out to JetBlue for comment, but has not heard back yet.
No other information is available at this point in the investigation.
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