The Federal Aviation Administration announced that on Thursday early afternoon there was a dangerous incident involving American Airlines aircraft. A plane heading to Charleston in South Carolina He hit the end of the wing in a jet heading to New York.
The accident took place at the runway at Reagan's airport near Washington, during taxiing.
There were at least five congressmen on board one of the planes. According to the Federal Aviation Administration in the announcement, Nobody was injured.
The aircraft have damaged wings' tips
Both planes with damaged wings' ends were withdrawn from traffic, and passengers were directed to replacement aircraft.
In the machine aiming at North Carolina, there were 76 passengers and four crew members, and there were 67 passengers and four crew members on the plane flying to New York.
It is currently not clear, which caused a dangerous incident. The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate in this matter.
Since the January collision of the Black Hawk military helicopter with the American Airlines passenger aircraft, which fell to the Potomak river near the Reagana airport, a nervous atmosphere is to prevail at Washington Airport in Washington. As a result of the disaster, 67 passengers of both machines were killed.
