Two Commercial Jets Collide At Major Airport

Two United Airlines planes collided on the tarmac at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on Friday.

One plane’s wing clipped another plane’s rear stabilizer while taxiing, CBS News noted.

United Airlines Flight 2652 from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was taxiing to its arrival gate when it made contact with another United plane stopped on the tarmac.

“UA2652 was carrying 113 customers and five crew members at the time of the incident. UA2652 is a Boeing 737, while the other plane involved was a Boeing 767, the airline specified,” Breaking Aviation News & Videos said.

No passengers were on the second plane.

Two United Airlines aircraft collided on the ground at Chicago O’Hare International Airport Friday afternoon.

According to United Airlines, UA2652 was taxiing to its arrival gate when it made contact with the horizontal stabilizer of another United Airlines jet. The other jet… pic.twitter.com/QkQRtVGFlh

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Bill Marcus, who was flying home from Wyoming, said he didn’t feel the collision when the planes clipped each other.

It wasn’t until after the pilot had told them there would be a delay to document something, and passengers saw more and more people gathering around the plane that he saw the right wing had clipped the rear horizontal stabilizer of another plane.

“I was shocked that I didn’t feel something more, although when they separated the planes there was some shuddering,” he said. “I was glad that the pilot was professional, and everyone kept their cool, but it did make me think a little bit twice about what is going on. Is this an FAA situation? Is this a local taxiing situation? I’ve never had an issue like this in my life, and I fly quite a bit.”

The collision caused a 40-minute delay before passengers could get off the plane.

The airline did not specify what caused the planes to collide.

ABC7 Chicago noted:

None of the passengers of the taxiing aircraft were hurt, and the 113 passengers and five crew members were able to get off the plane normally, United officials said in a statement.

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