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2024-09-11 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Two Delta Airlines planes collide on runway at Atlanta airport

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Two Delta Airlines planes have collided on a runway at the country's busiest airport.

The incident took place at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia just after 10am on Tuesday.

The crash occurred after Tokyo-bound flight DL295 clipped the back of flight DL5526 to Louisiana as it was taxiing for takeoff.

Pilot error or something missed in the control tower?

The regional jet, an Endeavor Air CRJ-900, was left with a severed tail while the Airbus 350 sustained damage to its wing.

Dramatic photos from witnesses appear to show the back end of the Louisiana-bound flight bent at a 90 degree angle.
"Go ahead and take off. The wind will straighten it out"
So far, no injuries have been reported among the combined 277 passengers on board the jets.

Delta said that the Airbus rammed into the Lafayette-bound plane as it was sat on an adjacent runway, 'resulting in damage to the tail of the regional jet and the wing of the A350'.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 They playing chicken or something?

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2024-09-11 00:30|| 2024-09-11 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 It's Delta.

They have duct-tape.

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2024-09-11 00:32|| 2024-09-11 00:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Delta==Don't Expect Luggage To Arrive

Posted by crazyhorse 2024-09-11 01:12|| 2024-09-11 01:12|| Front Page Top

#4 ^^ LOL (and painfully true)

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-09-11 04:54|| 2024-09-11 04:54|| Front Page Top

#5
Having gotten a peek behind the curtain.
Nothing about Delta operations surprises me.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-09-11 04:55|| 2024-09-11 04:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey Captain Simms, I think you just got a piece of tail.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-09-11 04:56|| 2024-09-11 04:56|| Front Page Top

#7 as it was sat on an adjacent runway

Bad instruction from the tower?

Language issues?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-11 06:06|| 2024-09-11 06:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Too many planes against a finite amount of landing/take off space and time on the tarmac. Business drives that, not safety. Right Pete?

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-09-11 07:03|| 2024-09-11 07:03|| Front Page Top

#9 Imminent disaster was forewarned before Tuesday collision of two Delta planes on runway in Atlanta

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-11 08:03|| 2024-09-11 08:03|| Front Page Top

#10 I flew Delta from Knoxville to Boston in 1992. My luggage got there before I did. How does that happen?

Posted by Deacon Blues 2024-09-11 11:49|| 2024-09-11 11:49|| Front Page Top

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