A video of an American Airlines plane and a Frontier Airlines plane clipping wingtips at the Boston Airport is doing the rounds online, drawing the ire of the internet. The incident took place on the tarmac of Logan Airport on Monday.
As reported yesterday by CBS News, the wingtips of both planes came in contact, and while the jets were promptly checked for damage, a Massport spokesperson said, "Most likely those planes will not fly."
Here's what one user pointed out:
"Flying airplanes is NOT a contact sport!"
Scores online had a lot more to say:
"Better on the ground then in the air," one user noted.
"Looks like the ground crew (NOT ATC) pushed the two back from the gate at the same time, not taking into account he wingspan of each aircraft," another posited.
"Well, at least they were both on the bloody ground! Great timing, too, considering it's Thanksgiving and 1/2 the country is travelling!!!" another asserted.
"The way crashes on planes are, I think the aviation industry needs to be re-evaluated," a fourth person suggested.
Many more weighed in:
"There go those expert DEI hires again," one user tweeted.
"That is not what FFA approved docking looks like. Pilots misunderstood tip to tip," someone else claimed.
"Shortage of ground crew? This keeps happening lately. That’s on the ramp. Where are the wing walkers? Who’s marshaling these planes?" another demanded answers.
"Seriously? I'd love to hear the pilot's explanation for this highly preventable mistake," a user tweeted.
While users were generally outraged at the Boston Airport incident, some asserted that it was a minor one and there was no need for all the fuss.
Boston Airport faces two incidents in the same week, read more
As seen in footage captured by WBZ-TV's helicopter, the American Airlines plane had a hole in one of its wings. As for Frontier, a spokesperson told CBS News that at the time, 200 passengers were onboard the Fort Worth-bound Flight 3601. No injuries were reported from either the crew or the passengers.
American Airlines revealed that the flight had just landed from London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) when it made contact with the other aircraft while drawing closer to the gate. Massport divulged that the plane was moving at a slow rate.
Notably, this isn't the first incident to take place at the Boston Airport. Just this Monday night, two Cape Air pilots were rushed to the hospital as a precautionary measure after the plane they were on collided with a JetBlue tug vehicle.
The company revealed that there were three passengers and two staffers onboard at the time on Cape Air Flight 5101 flying from Nantucket to Boston. However, no injuries were reported. A spokesperson for Massport said to Boston 25 News:
"A tug vehicle towing an empty JetBlue aircraft struck the rear of a Cape Air plane at a slow rate of Speed. The tug has been removed from service, and the JetBlue aircraft will undergo a thorough inspection. Safety is JetBlue’s first priority, and we will investigate this incident."
Trending
The American Flight 109 has since been out of service pending inspection the airline has revealed to CBS News.
Reply
