Two Delta Jets Collide While Taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport

Two Delta Air Lines Inc. regional jets collided at low speed while taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday night, causing minor injuries to one flight attendant and prompting regulators to open an investigation.

Both planes were CRJ-900 aircraft operated by Endeavor Air. Endeavor Air Flight 5047 was heading to its gate at the airport when it struck Endeavor Air Flight 5155 around 10 p.m. local time, the US Federal Aviation Administration, which is probing the incident, said in a statement Thursday. According to the regulator, air traffic control had instructed flight 5155 to hold short and yield to the other aircraft.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in a social media post Thursday that it’s also investigating the collision and that it had dispatched a team of 10 people to LaGuardia. The agency said the flight recorders from both planes have been recovered and are being analyzed at NTSB headquarters in Washington.

Video footage posted on X that appeared to be taken from inside a neighboring plane showed flashing emergency vehicle lights on the tarmac and damage to a jet’s wing.

According to Delta, preliminary information indicates the wing of flight 5155, while taxiing for departure to Roanoke, Va., made contact with the body of the other aircraft, which was arriving from Charlotte, N.C. The airline said one flight attendant was treated for minor injuries but there were no reported passenger injuries.

“Delta will work with all relevant authorities to review what occurred as safety of our customers and people comes before all else,” the carrier said in a statement.

ABC News spoke to someone who was on the plane that had just landed from Charlotte and said the aircraft was turning right off the main runway when the pilot slammed on the brakes. Passengers could feel the plane getting dragged as it made contact with the other aircraft, he said in a TV interview.

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It’s the latest in several incidents at LaGuardia in recent months that have raised safety concerns. In March, a Delta jet’s wing struck the runway while the pilot was executing a maneuver known as a go-around, prompting an FAA investigation.

Federal investigators are also probing a May runway close call in which a Republic Airways jet aborted takeoff to avoid a collision with another aircraft on the same runway.

The latest mishap involving the two Endeavor Air aircraft comes just days after a letter signed by more than 50 industry and labor groups including the International Air Transport Association warned that a US government shutdown — now in its second day — would threaten aviation safety.

Photo: Delta airlines passengers planes at LaGuardia airport in New York City. Photographer: Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images