A JetBlue plane struck the tail of one other aircraft at JFK Airport on Wednesday, the second shut name on the airport within the span of every week.
The Puerto Rico-bound plane “came into light contact with a parked unoccupied aircraft during pushback,” in line with JetBlue spokesperson Derek Dombrowski. No accidents have been reported and the flight was assigned to a different aircraft.
A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed {that a} plane headed for Luis Muñoz Marin Worldwide Airport in San Juan “struck the tail of a parked JetBlue aircraft.” The company is investigating the incident.
The collision comes simply 5 days after one other scary runway incident at JFK, when an American Airways plane got here inside 1,000 ft of hanging a Delta flight headed for the Dominican Republic.
A preliminary evaluation, in addition to audio of the botched takeoff on Jan. 13, has instructed the 2 planes almost collided after a pilot misunderstood course from air site visitors controllers.
That incident got here on the heels of a nationwide laptop outage that grounded flights throughout the nation.
Dombrowski, the spokesperson for JetBlue, stated the reason for Wednesday morning’s incident was underneath evaluation.
“Safety is JetBlue’s first priority, and both aircraft involved will be taken out of service for inspection and the incident will be investigated,” he stated.