China News Service, March 7 (Xinhua) according to CNN, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that the agency is investigating the incident between two United Airlines planes at Boston Logan International Airport on the 6th. collision accident.
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"At approximately 8:30 a.m. local time on the 6th, as a tow truck pushed United Flight 515 out of the gate at Boston Logan International Airport, the right wing of the aircraft collided with United Flight 267," the FAA said in a statement. tail."
The statement added, "Both aircraft were Boeing 737s that were preparing to take off at the time of the incident."
"I suddenly felt a strong jolt and looked to the right and saw that our plane had hit another plane that was parked," recalled passenger Nicholas Leon.
"Then they saw police cars and fire trucks coming and people panicked."
Other passengers said the crash was disturbing, the report said.
So far, there have been at least five aircraft collisions or near-collision accidents in the United States this year, one of which also happened at Boston Airport last week.
Air traffic controllers prevented a private plane taking off from crashing into a JetBlue flight on the evening of Feb. 27, according to the FAA.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are currently investigating the incident.
According to an initial review of data by real-time aviation tracking website Flightradar24, the two planes involved were within 172 meters of each other.
In addition, the NTSB is investigating four other "runway incursions" involving major U.S. airports.
That includes a near-miss "runway incursion" in Burbank, California, and three other incidents at Honolulu, Hawaii, Austin, Texas and JFK in New York.