Delta jets have a ‘low-speed collision’ on the ground at New York’s LaGuardia, injuring 1

NEW YORK AP Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided while on the taxiway at LaGuardia Airport in New York injuring at least one person in what the airline described as a low-speed collision The wing of an aircraft carrying people getting ready to take off Wednesday night to Roanoke Virginia hit the fuselage of an aircraft arriving from Charlotte North Carolina with people aboard according to a message from Delta A flight attendant had non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital according a announcement from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey There were no reports of passengers injured the airline revealed Their right wing clipped our nose and the cockpit we have damage to our windscreen and various of our screens in here a pilot commented according to air traffic control audio The plane that had landed stopped jerked and jumped to the right tourist William Lusk explained ABC Everyone went dead silent And as everyone went dead silent the pilot calmly came on and disclosed Hey we ve been in a crash everyone remain calm ' The rest of the airport s operations were not expected to be impacted according to Delta Delta will work with all relevant personnel to review what occurred as safety of our customers and people comes before all else the declaration from Delta explained We apologize to our customers for the experience The Delta Connection aircraft involved in the collision are operated by Endeavor Ai