American Airlines Plane Bumps Into Another Aircraft At LaGuardia Airport
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- An American Airlines plane hit another aircraft at LaGuardia Airport on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
An American Airlines 1365 Boeing 737 aircraft hit the right wingtip of Republic 4466, an Embraer E170 aircraft, as the American aircraft pushed back from a Terminal B gate at LaGuardia Airport at about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday.
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Port Authority Police Department's Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter Unit, which handled nearly 600 aircraft emergencies at the agency's airports last year, responded to the scene. Crews worked quickly to clean up the fender bender, and operations at Gate D were back to normal by about 3 p.m., CBS2's Jessica Layton reported.
A few passengers aboard the American Airlines flight to Miami took to social media, including one man who posted on Instagram, "our plane crashed with another plane while backing out." No passengers or crew members on that plane were injured.
"We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience, and are reaccommodating them on other flights," American Airlines said in a statement. "There are no reported injuries."
A spokesperson told 1010 WINS' Al Jones the 97 passengers aboard Flight 1365 were switched to a new plane and on their way to Florida within an hour and a half.
"There were no impacts to the operation, no cancellations as a result of this incident," she said.
There were no passengers aboard the other aircraft, the FAA said.
The FAA is investigating.