Wings of two United Airlines planes clip on the runway at Boston Logan Airport trends now
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Two United Airlines planes were involved in a slow-speed collision at Boston Logan International Airport on Monday.
It happened as one airliner was being pushed backwards out of its bay and its right wing fouled on the horizontal stabilizer at the rear of an adjacent plane.
The incident occurred just before 9am and required United Airlines to disembark all passengers so the the two flight could be rescheduled using different aircraft.
'While pushing back from its gate earlier today at Boston Logan, the wing of one United aircraft made contact with the wing of another United plane parked at the neighboring gate,' United Airlines said in a statement.
It came a week after at the same airport a JetBlue pilot was forced to take 'evasive action' when Learjet 60 crossed the runway when it was preparing to land.
On Monday morning an airliner was being pushed backwards out of its bay when its right wing collided with the horizontal stabilizer at the rear of an adjacent
