A pair of planes collided on a runway, resulting in one aircraft having a large gash running through its tail, occurring just one week following a fatal midair collision in Washington DC which claimed the lives of 67 individuals.
Shocking photos and video show the aftermath of the ground smash, which happened while one of the planes was taxiing.
The incident took place on Wednesday around 10 am, when a Japan Airlines plane collided with the rear of a Delta Airlines aircraft while taxiing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
No one was injured in the collision, but every passenger had to get off their plane and head back to the airport.
In a statement, the Seattle Airport described the impact on operations as “minimal” and said passengers should rebook with their airlines.
However, one flier who was actually on one of the flights still said the disturbing incident left her filled with fear.
One passenger recorded a video that showed the Japan plane’s right wing left halfway sliced through the Delta plane’s tail.
“So, we were sitting on the tarmac at SeaTac and another plane ran into us, just casually sliced into our tail,” she wrote on X.
“Very scary.”
This unsettling collision occurred within a week of an American Airlines plane colliding with a Black Hawk helicopter during its landing in Washington DC, leading to its tragic descent into the Potomac River.
The tragedy left all those involved dead, including three US Army officers, airline staff, and dozens of civilians.
It’s the deadliest US air crash since November 2001, when 260 people died after an American Airlines plane plunged into a Queens neighborhood.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that an “elevation issue” saw the US-Army-operated craft in the passenger plane’s descent path.
The helicopter was reportedly soaring at 300 feet in the air when it was only cleared to fly a less than 200 feet elevation.
However, it’s unclear how the Black Hawk got to that position in the first place, and wasn’t stopped by a Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport air traffic controller.
Two days after that tragedy struck fear throughout the nation, another plane nosedived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, killing seven people.
On Friday, a medical transport plane smashed into a busy neighborhood in a massive explosion that injured dozens of civilians.
Officials are still investigating how the crash happened, and just how much damage it caused.
FEAR OF FLYING
It’s normal to be afraid of flights, but recent events have left some anxious travelers unwilling to ever get back on a plane.
“This just makes me wary, especially for such a long flight,” Nadirah Reynolds told USA Today.
“I don’t know if I trust being in the air for that long and going that sort of distance.
“It’s just becoming too frequent to hear about these mishaps with planes, and it makes me feel like I don’t know if flying is the safest way to travel anymore.”
