Japan Airlines Plane Slices Tail Of Parked Delta Air Lines Plane: See Video

Videos show Japan Airlines plane striking parked Delta plane

A taxiing Japan Airlines plane appeared to strike a parked Delta plane at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. No injuries were reported.

A taxiing Japan Airlines plane struck a parked Delta Air Lines plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday, almost slicing off its tail and prompting the aircrafts to be evacuated.

Video footage from the incident shows the right wing of the Japan Airlines plane strike the tail of the Delta Air Lines plane as they were taxiing at the airport.

Watch it below.

The airport, in a post on X, formerly Twitter, said officials responded to the apparent collision between the two airplanes that occurred between the airport's S concourse and the south maintenance hangars around 10 a.m. local time. The Federal Aviation Authority, in a statement on their website, noted the "aircrafts were in an area that is not under air traffic control."

No injuries were reported, and the passengers were safely deplaned back to the terminal, the airport said.

One of the passengers on the Delta flight, Jason Chan told the Associated Press the plane shook slightly and “jiggled back and forth” when the collision occurred. Chan said soon after the shake, the captain announced the plane's tail had been hit, adding passengers remained calm, and they were later taken back to the terminal in buses.

Another passenger on the Delta Air Lines flight, Jackie Patton, who was sitting in a window seat, told The New York Times she experienced “violent shaking in the plane and a really loud crunching sound" when the plane struck.

“It was obvious right away something was wrong,” Patton, who was on her way to Puerto Vallarta to meet her parents for a vacation told the media outlet. “It was very scary."

Lida Turner, who was on the Japan Airlines plane, told local media outlet King 5, the accident "felt like we were in a car accident, like a fender bender."

"I think everyone was just in disbelief of what happened with all the recent air issues," Turner told King 5.

Japan Airlines, in a statement to USA TODAY said it "sincerely apologize(s) to all involved for any inconvenience."

"The detailed cause and circumstances are currently under investigation," the statement said.

Delta Air Lines, in a statement Thursday, said the Delta 737 aircraft was in line for de-icing, when it "reportedly made contact with a wing tip of another airline's aircraft."

"There are no reports of injuries for crew or customers on the flight, and we apologize for the experience and delay in travels," the airline said.

Delta Air Lines Flight 1921 with 142 passengers and six crew members on board was heading to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico from Seattle, the airline said, while Japan Airlines Flight 68 had arrived from Tokyo shortly before the incident, according to data on FlightAware.

FAA, in its statement, said the agency will investigate the incident.

While the airport said there was minimal impact on operations due to the incident, FAA, said it had temporarily "paused some flights to the airport as a result of the incident."

The incident in Seattle comes amid heightened concerns over air travel in the U.S. after high-profile plane crashes in Philadelphia and near Washington, D.C. left more than 70 people dead.

On Tuesday, officials said they recovered all 67 victims in last week's devastating plane and helicopter crash outside the nation's capital, confirming they have identified 66 bodies, as crews worked to remove wreckage from the Potomac River.

Then on Friday, a medical transport plane crashed in a residential area of Northeast Philadelphia leaving six people on the plane and one person on the ground dead.

Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at fernando.cervantes@gannett.com and follow him on X @fern_cerv_.

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