Wing of plane clips another aircraft at Logan, no injuries reported
The wing of a United aircraft clipped the tail of a parked Delta plane Friday evening at Logan International Airport, officials said. No one was injured.
The United airplane was moving at a low speed when its wing struck the Delta aircraft at about 7:20 p.m. in a parking area for airplanes near the Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor, officials said.
The United plane was a Boeing 737 MAX 9 carrying 128 passengers and six crew members, the airline said. United said the passengers exited the airplane at the gate and would be rebooked onto other flights. The flight was headed to Newark, N.J.
Delta said its aircraft, an Airbus A321, was waiting to take off for Detroit when the collision occurred.
“Delta teams are working to get customers to their final destinations [Friday], and we apologize for the delay,” the airline said in a statement.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in an e-mail that it will investigate the collision.
On social media, some passengers posted videos of emergency vehicles surrounding the airplanes with red lights flashing.
The FAA announced last month it had awarded more than $100 million to a dozen airports nationwide to try to reduce incidents, known as runway incursions, during which aircraft, people, or vehicles mistakenly move into an area designated for airplanes to take off and land. Logan was not among the airports that received funding, according to an FAA news release.
At Logan, there were two runway incursions in February and two in March, according to an FAA database of incidents from 2001 to the end of March.
The most serious incident occurred on Feb. 27 when the pilot of a Learjet took off without clearance while a JetBlue flight was preparing to land on an intersecting runway. The FAA described the incident as a “Category B” incursion, the third most serious designation on its scale.
No damages or injuries were reported. On March 1, the National Transportation Safety Board said it was opening an investigation into the incident.
Globe correspondent Nick Stoico contributed. Laura Crimaldi can be reached at laura.crimaldi @globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @lauracrimaldi.