For the second time in two days, two airplanes have clipped wings while on the ground at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport.
At about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, the wing of United Airlines Flight 31, a Boeing 767 aircraft, made contact with the right wing let of Austrian Airlines Flight 90, a Boeing 767 aircraft, as it pushed back from a gate at Terminal B.
The Austrian Airlines aircraft was parked at another gate in Terminal B at the time.
The FAA will investigate.
On Tuesday, A spokeswoman for Chicago-based United Airlines says a flight arriving from Beijing had landed safely at the airport and was at a stop when an empty Lufthansa plane made contact with it.
The spokeswoman says the plane was towed to the gate and maintenance is inspecting it. There were 150 passengers and 15 crew members on board at the time.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says both planes had minor damage.
The incident remains under investigation. Airport officials say it did not cause any delays.
No one was hurt in either incident.
(AP)