Japan Airlines Flight Collides with Parked Delta Plane at Seattle Airport
The incident comes on the heels of two major air tragedies last week.
A Japan Airlines plane collided with a parked Delta Air Lines flight that was waiting to take off at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday, according to videos that circulated online.
Delta said that it had 142 passengers on board at the time of the accident, according to The New York Times. The plane was scheduled to fly to Mexico and was waiting for "de-icing" treatment when it was hit.
"There are no reports of injuries for crew or customers on the flight, and we apologize for the experience and delay in travels," Delta said.
Japan Airlines did not release a statement.
The incidents come after more than 60 people were killed when a helicopter collided midair with a passenger jet in Washington, D.C., last week, which was followed several days later by a small plane slamming into a residential area in Philadelphia, killing all on board and wounding many on the ground.
The Federal Aviation Administration said that the Japan Airlines flight had just landed after an eight-hour flight from Tokyo.
One of the passengers on the flight, Jackie Patton, told the Times that she felt a "violent shaking in the plane and a really loud crunching sound" when the collision happened.
"It was obvious right away something was wrong," Patton said. "It was very scary."
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