Two planes collide while taxiing at JFK Airport

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: WABC

QUEENS (WABC) -- Two planes taxiing at Kennedy Airport collided causing damage to both aircrafts.

An Air France A380 was heading to runway to take off to Paris when its wing clipped the tail of a Delta/Comair flight at 8 p.m. Monday.

It had around 500 people on board.

A CRJ7 Delta/Comair flight had just landed from Boston and was heading to its gate.

Read more: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=8066927

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. An A380 could *eat* a CRJ.

[boppers]

3. Apparently, one did.

Heck of an expensive fender-bender, though.

[ecstatic]

2. wtf! This is crazy

They need to figure something out before a real disaster happens.

[Rage for Order]

4. This just proves, yet again, that driving is more dangerous than flying!

:donut:

[LisaL]

5. If they had collided in the air there could have been hundreds of people

dead.

[Rage for Order]

6. Not if the airbags deployed

:freak:

[bigworld]

7. Ther deadliest air crash in history happened on the runway

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster

[Manifestor_of_Light]

8. Yep, two 747s, And a crazy KLM pilot. Their most senior pilot.

I've seen the shows on PBS.

[SoapBox]

11. One of the worst incidents ever....

That accident was beyond horrific.

[Unvanguard]

9. It's pretty hard to collide in the air.

Lots more space up there.

[Renew Deal]

13. Tell it to these guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tIcWObSk8I

[LisaL]

14. Yet it happens every now and then.

[Blue_Tires]

15. Actually, it is shockingly easy in higher-traffic corridors

Before regulatory changes and technological advances in radar, the 50s and 60s had hundreds of incidents...Even with all the automated warnings and fail-safes now, a moment of carelessness from a pilot or air traffic controller can mean disaster...

[Renew Deal]

10. lol

:rofl:

[Rage for Order]

12. I'm glad somebody got it

I was beginning to wonder

:hi:

[Blue_Tires]

16. The A380 has to be given a VERY wide berth on taxiways

[Karenina]

17. Learning by doing! nt.

[Roland99]

18. (Yahoo) Amateur video of the accident happening >>>>>

http://finance.yahoo.com/video/companynews-18928726/24876683#video=24877561

[RedCloud]

19. This stuff never happens at area 51.