Delta jets collide on taxiway at LaGuardia; minor injury reported

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00:00Two Delta regional jets collided on the ground at LaGuardia Airport in New York Wednesday night,

00:08clipping each other while taxiing. This could have been really bad. Delta says the wing of

00:12Flight 5155, taxiing for takeoff to Roanoke, Virginia, struck the fuselage of another Delta

00:19connection plane arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina. Pictures from passengers online show

00:24substantial damage to both planes. The incident happened just before 10 p.m. on a taxiway,

00:30not the runway. The collision did not impact airport operations. A flight attendant was

00:35slightly hurt and taken to the hospital, according to CBS News. No passengers were injured. They were

00:40escorted off both planes and put on shuttles. Delta is working with investigators and promising

00:45to take care of those affected.