LOS ANGELES (KABC)– A Delta Air Lines plane and an Air Canada plane collided Tuesday morning on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport, officials said.
According to Air Canada, one of its planes had just arrived from Toronto when it was struck by a departing Delta Air Lines plane. The Delta flight was bound for Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.
A piece of the Delta plane’s wing appeared to be lodged inside the Air Canada plane’s stabilizer. The curved part of the wing, called the winglet, was torn off during the collision and became stuck in the stabilizer.
A passenger on the Delta plane told Eyewitness News he was on board as the plane was pulling away from the gate and taxiing toward the runway when it appeared the Air Canada plane began to move into its path.
“While taxiing through Los Angeles International Airport, a Delta aircraft came into contact with an Air Canada aircraft,” a Delta spokesperson said in a statement. “Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and our people, and we apologize to our customers for the experience and delay in their travels.”
Both planes were taken out of service following the collision.
Operations at LAX are continuing as normal, an airport spokesperson said in a statement.
The Delta plane was carrying 275 passengers and 15 crew members, according to a Delta spokesperson. It was not immediately clear whether there were any passengers on board the Air Canada plane at the time of the collision.
No injuries were reported.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified.
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