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Isabel Funk

FAA investigating collision of 2 Boeing jets at O’Hare

(FILES) The logo of US aircraft maker Boeing is displayed during the International Paris Air Show at the ParisLe Bourget Airport, on June 20, 2023. Boeing said on December 21, 2023 that a 787 Dreamliner plane has been delivered to Juneyao Airlines, the US aviation giant’s first commercial delivery to a Chinese carrier since 2019. Boeing has rated China a crucial growth market, but deliveries ceased throughout a lengthy grounding of the 737 MAX following two crashes. Boeing executives have also at times suggested that diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Washington played a role in the pause. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP) (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images) (GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT, Getty)

Two Boeing jets collided at O’Hare International Airport on Sunday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.

The left wingtip of a taxiing All Nippon Airways Boeing777 struck a Delta Air Lines 717 about 6:30 p.m. No injuries were reported, and the FAA is investigating, according to FAA spokesperson Tony Molinaro. The area where the collision occurred was not under air traffic control.

A representative for Boeing said the company had no comment about the incident and directed a reporter to the FAA and the airlines involved.

No explanation has been given for what caused the incident.

Delta spokesperson Emma Johnson said Delta Flight 2122 was undergoing final parking after arriving at O’Hare from Detroit when the wingtip of another aircraft struck the plane.

“Customers deplaned normally at the gate, and the aircraft is being evaluated by Delta’s maintenance technicians,” the company said in an emailed statement.

According to All Nippon Airways flight tracker, Flight 11, bound for Tokyo Narita, was canceled due to “weather conditions and aircraft inspection.”

All Nippon Airways spokesperson Nao Gunji said the aircraft had departed from the gate when Chicago Air Traffic Control contacted the flight crew.

“Upon returning to the tarmac for aircraft inspection, indications of scrapes were visible on the wingtip, and ANA is currently evaluating the details,” the company said in an emailed statement.

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