In Atlanta today, a Delta Airbus 350's wing collided with the tail of a Delta CRJ while both were taxiing on parallel taxiways.
This collision severed the tail of the regional jet.
CBS: 2 Delta planes collide on tarmac at Atlanta airport, FAA says
Happily there are no reported injuries.
It's going to take more than 100-mile-per-hour tape to repair that one.
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Gorilla glue
B: It's not going to just buff out, that's for sure.
I never can understand how aircraft can hit each other on the ground, but I am guessing that taxiing while having a limited view and sitting high up must be the reason.
Sadly I also guess that it might cost the pilot his job of course, and perhaps his, or her, license.
No doubt that it would be difficult for them to get hired again, at least in a similar position. I suppose that it is only right, but still a shame. I have seen the actions of a pilot on a flight on a MD 80, when we blew an engine on takeoff. A quick turnaround and a safe landing using one engine was like another day at the job for our young pilot.
After the applause by the whole group of passengers, I saw the pilot in the hallway talking on his phone to his wife, calmly telling her that he would be late to Tampa, and to not hold dinner for him. I tried not to eavesdrop, but it was obvious that he wasn't a bit affected by the whole thing.
A ground crew member later told me that the men and women who pilot these aircraft are all just that competent and such an event was not even remotely worth them worrying about.
I was sitting right next to the engine that failed, and I seriously thought that a shotgun had gone off outside my window, it was that loud. One of the cabin crew almost sat in my lap to get a good look at the engine. She was cute, but at the time I was too concerned with calming my wife down to notice. My wife refused to wait for another plane to fly up from Florida, she would not get on a plane again for quite some time.
Allegiant Air fought over giving us credit for another time, because the flight eventually did get out. But in the end they let us reschedule and we did go to Florida that same winter.
Yep, that's gonna take some heavy maintenance...
pigpen51: Looks like the CRJ possibly did not pull up fully to the hold short line on their taxiway, and the Airbus moving along its taxiway then had their wing not clear the tail of the CRJ even as it appears they were centered on their taxiway. Going to be an expensive fix for sure.
Old NFO: Yep, into the body shop it goes.
Hey Aaron,
The CRJ pulled up way short, and the ATC didn't catch it from *what the word on the street is", the A350 was on the centerline and would have normally cleared the "RJ", with the exception of the smaller Plane stopping way short. Also with ATC involved, there is the belief, even if it is the ATC's fault, it won't be the ATC's fault....
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