Two JetBlue planes came into contact while in a de-icing area at Boston Logan International Airport with passengers onboard, according to the Massachusetts Port Authority on Thursday.
The planes made contact when one winglet touched another plane’s tail section, according to Massport. No one was injured.
A spokesperson for JetBlue said in a statement that both planes were taken out of service for repairs.
NBC10 Boston
Passenger Ryan Bates, from North Andover, Massachusetts, described hearing a loud jolt during the incident on flight 777 to Las Vegas. “I thought maybe we had gone past the runway or something like that,” Bates said. “I opened my window shade and saw that we were really close to the other plane.”
The spokesperson wrote that “Safety is JetBlue’s priority, and we will work to determine how and why this incident occurred.”
Bates said an announcement wasn’t made immediately, leaving passengers uncertain about what had happened. “And then they came over the loudspeaker and said that we made contact with another plane… we’re going to wait here and see what happens,” Bates explained.
He also mentioned, “You felt a heavy jolt and I could see the damage because I was in a window seat over the wing.”
Bates described the situation as jarring and said he remained focused on getting to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl.
Passengers traveling to Las Vegas were re-booked to depart later on another plane, they told NBC10 Boston.
This is the third plane collision at Logan airport in the last year. In March, a United Airlines plane leaving for Newark, New Jersey, made contact with another United plane set to fly to Denver. No injuries were reported.
Then in June, there was a low-speed collision between a United Airlines plane and a parked Delta Air Lines plane. No injuries were reported in that incident.
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