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2 Delta Airliners in ground collision at Logan

K

kilo delta

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Hundreds of passengers had to be evacuated from two Delta jets after they collided on a taxiway at Logan International Airport tonight while they were readying for takeoff, a Massport official tells the Herald.The wing of a large passenger jet, a Delta 767, apparently clipped the tail section of a smaller “regional” Comair jet, operated by Delta, that sustained major damage to the tail fin. The collision occurred just after 7:30 p.m.
A passenger aboard the larger Amsterdam-bound jet, Jacob Crane, 30 of Atlanta, said he watched his plane’s wing run into the other plane’s tail ... but wasn’t overly alarmed by the experience.
“I saw it coming. We were taxiing pretty quick. I saw the wing and I said we’re not going to clear that. It was like oh, they hit, and that was that.
“It was generally pretty calm but there were some people ... a Russian guy was grabbing for the emergency exit,” Crane said. “But it was like no big deal. Nobody was hurt. There was a girl next to me that started crying and bawling but everybody else was pretty calm.”
Jay Copan, 59, who was heading home on the smaller Raleigh, N.C.-bound plane, said, “I was half asleep, next thing you know there was a bang.
“We all wondered what happened. Next thing you know, the pilot came on and said we’ve been clipped by the plane behind us. It woke me up. It wasn’t that strong, but it was odd. Some people thought we’d run off the runway.”
No serious injuries were immediately reported, but Logan spokesman Phil Orlandella said one person is complaining of neck pain.
The Delta 767 jet returned to the terminal to unload its passengers, while the Comair passengers were bused back to the terminal.
UPDATE: Delta released this statement tonight ...
"While taxiing out for departure, the wing from Flight 266 from Boston to Amsterdam made contact with the vertical stabilizer of ASA Flight 4904, also on departure from Boston to Raleigh-Durham. Flight 266 returned to the gate and passengers deplaned without incident. Passengers on ASA Flight 4904 deplaned and were transported by bus to the terminal. Both aircraft have been removed from service for inspections and passengers are currently being reacommodated on other aircraft."
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http://www.bostonherald.com/news/re..._collide_on_logan_runway/srvc=home&position=0
 
".....one person is complaining of neck pain."

Shrewd, whoever that is, get in with the whiplash injury claim really early!! Sir/madam, I salute you. :salute:
 
Yikes! could have been very ugly; glad it wasn't. I am always suprised at the total absence of survival instinct in most humans today. As soon as they wedge their keisters into the seat, they're asleep, plugged into ipods, twittering, watching 'the veiw'... wearing shorts, sandals and a frozen napalm nylon sports jersey, doing anything other than paying attention to the safety breif, noting exits, and paying attention to whats going on during the portions of the flight where, statisticly, most bad things happen- IE: flamming craters/barbequed pax. Its a good thing hominids have a birth rate higher than the complacency related mortality rate, other wise we wouldn't have made it out of the first ice age. Now, if you'll excuse me, the sofas been on fire while I was writing this post. I suppose I should do something- Oh! Ellen Degeneris is on....
 
The reality is this, think about all the ground handling/towing ops with airlines and then the taxiing takeoff/landing ground ops by airlines ... this incident being upsetting really is no big deal all things considered .. better an incident on the taxiways than in the airspace !

Mike :running:
 
Bone said:
Insurance covers the damage, however, the revenue lost from the planes being grounded is mostly lost.
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Well, that sure would have made for an interesting (in the Chinese sense of the word) experience trying to fly that way...

Shucks though, that's nothing to fix. Billy-Bob could fix that in a few minutes with a bit of Bondo and duct tape! :ernae:
 
Just a shame it wasn't 'Bone' with his head cam..:)
I would have liked to listen to the cockpit conversation afterwards...
 
From the NTSB...

The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into last night's collision of two jetliners on a taxiway at Boston Logan Airport.

On July 14, 2011, about 7:33 P.M. EDT, a Delta Air Lines B767-300ER, N185DN, operating as Delta flight 266, was taxiing on taxiway B for departure on runway 04 at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), when its left winglet struck the horizontal stabilizer of an Atlantic Southeast Airlines CRJ900, N132EV, operating as ASA flight 4904, which was number three in line on taxiway M waiting for departure on runway 09.

As the B767 approached and passed the intersection with taxiway M, the left winglet of the B767 struck the horizontal tail of the CRJ900. The CRJ900 sustained substantial damage, which included damage to the horizontal tail and vertical tail; the airplane lost fluid in all three hydraulic systems. Parts of the B767 winglet were sheared off and embedded in the tail of the CRJ900. The passengers on the CRJ900 were deplaned on the taxiway, and the B767 taxied back to the terminal.

Flight data recorders from both airplanes are en route to NTSB headquarters. Air Safety Investigator Dan Bower is the Investigator-In-Charge. Parties to the investigation include Delta Air Lines, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Air Line Pilots Association.
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Glad to hear it wasn't you that was involved,Bone...

Though ,with the amount of Delta CRJ's getting their tails swiped lately it might be worth looking at getting a TCAS system for ground movements!!!:running::icon_lol::icon29:



Edit: more pictures available on the video in this link... http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...ors_give_logan_crash_highest_priority/?page=2
 
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