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The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate after two regional aircraft of American Airlines hit wings at Washington National Airport Ronald Reagan.
“The Wingtip of American Airlines 5490 flight hit the Flight 4522 of American Airlines on a taxi track … around 12:45 pm”, said FAA in a press release.
Flight 5490 was heading for Charleston, South Carolina, while flight 4522 was heading for JFK International Airport in New York.
“Bluestreak 5490, we hit the plane next to us,” asked the pilot driver to the tower in air traffic control captured by the Liveatc.net website
Bluestreak is the PSA Airlines call signal, which exploited theft for American. The other plane was operated by Republic Airways.
“We believe that we could have hit the (Embraer) 175 short (track) 19,” explains the pilot. “We have just heard a fort, like a boom, like a Thunk, before taking the track”, ”
The Winglet, which is a type of aerodynamic wing cutting edge, would have broken.
“We can see a piece of winglet on the ground behind the right wing of the embraer,” said the control tower by a pilot.
“Insane,” said representative Josh Gottheimer, who was part of one of the planes, told CNN. “Sitting there on the track and another plane struck … our wing.”
“Serving at the Congress came with experiences once in a life … Like right while the stationary on the DCA track, another plane has just come up against our wing,” published representative Nick Lalota on social networks. “Back at the door, but fortunately, everyone is fine!.
In a light part of the post, he noted the representative Grace Meng distributed grapes to other passengers.
“There is no effect on flight operations at Reagan National Airport because the two planes returned to the doors and no injury has been reported,” the airport said in a statement to CNN.
The Aviation Fender Bender intervenes while the airport faces a series of recent incidents, including an outdoor collision in January which left 67 dead and a military overflour last month which was dangerously close to a starting plane.
