A Japan Airlines plane collided with a parked Delta Air Lines flight that was waiting to take off at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday, according to videos that circulated online.
Delta said that it had 142 passengers on board at the time of the accident, according to The New York Times. The plane was scheduled to fly to Mexico and was waiting for “de-icing” treatment when it was hit.
“There are no reports of injuries for crew or customers on the flight, and we apologize for the experience and delay in travels,” Delta said.
Japan Airlines did not release a statement.
The incidents comes after more than 60 people were killed when a helicopter collided midair with a passenger jet in Washington, D.C., last week, which was followed up several days later by a small plane slamming into a residential area in Philadelphia, killing all on board and wounding many on the ground.
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EXCLUSIVE: A passenger on the Japan Airlines flight which hit a Delta plane at SeaTac Airport shared footage of the moment of impact.
He says he started recording because he could tell the Japan Airlines plane wouldn’t clear the Delta plane and would hit it.
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Why do these… pic.twitter.com/uer5Wzcwa3
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JUST IN: Japan Airlines plane hits Delta Air Lines jet while taxiing at Seattle Airport pic.twitter.com/ZfuMcysCkz
— BNO News (@BNONews) February 5, 2025
Japan Airlines 787-9 collides with a Delta Air Lines 737-800 while taxiing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
The FAA said in a statement: “The right wing of Japan Airlines Flight 68 struck the tail of Delta Air Lines Flight 1921 while the planes were taxiing at… pic.twitter.com/prN8YKtywW
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) February 5, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration said that the Japan Airlines flight had just landed after an eight hour flight from Tokyo.
One of the passengers on the flight, Jackie Patton, told the Times that she felt a “violent shaking in the plane and a really loud crunching sound” when the collision happened.
“It was obvious right away something was wrong,” Patton said. “It was very scary.”
