Two Delta planes collide while on the taxiway in New York | Air transport

Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the taxi road at the Laguardia airport in New York, wounded a flight official, damaged a cockpit, and tears a part of a wing in what the airline describes as “low -speed collision ..

According to Delta’dan, Wednesday night Roanoke, Virginia, Charlotte, North Carolina’dan 32 people reaching the body of a plane, North Carolina, Charlotte, hit the body of a plane from North Carolina.

A flight officer had life -threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital according to a statement from the New York and New Jersey Port Authority. The airline said there was no report that passengers were injured.

According to the sound of the air traffic control, “the right wings crop our nose and our windshield and … Some of our screens broke the cockpit we damaged,” he said.

Passenger William LuSk told ABC aircraft to ABC, ABC. “Everyone became silent. And as everyone remained silent, the pilot came calmly and said, ‘Hey, we had an accident, everyone remains calm’.”

According to Delta, the rest of the airport was not expected to be affected.

Delta’s testimony, “Delta, the security of our customers and what people come first of all, will work with all the relevant authorities to review what is happening,” he said. “We apologize to our customers for experience.”

The Delta connection aircraft participating in the collision is operated by the Endeavor Air.

Laguardia Airport is one of the 35 major airports in which Faa has established advanced surface radar systems that help FAA monitor and warn controllers against potential conflicts. It was not clear which role the system played in this collision.