A JetBlue plane bound for Puerto Rico struck the tail of another corporate jet in the gate area of JFK airport on Wednesday morning – just days after two planes nearly collided on a runway.
The plane “made light contact with a parked, unoccupied plane during the pushback,” JetBlue spokesman Derek Dombrowski said in an email to The Post.
“Flight 1603 returned to the gate, no injuries were reported and the flight was reassigned to another aircraft. Safety is JetBlue’s top priority and both aircraft involved are being taken out of service for inspection and the incident is being investigated,” he added.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that “Flight 1603 struck the tail of a parked JetBlue plane while backing away from the gate at about 7 a.m. The flight flew into Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Both aircraft were Airbus 320s.”
The plane struck the tail of another plane in the JFK airport gate area. Bloomberg via Getty Images
No injuries were reported and the flight was reassigned to another aircraft.twitter/@cjny84
The plane flew into Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.Twitter/@cjny84
The FAA said it would investigate.
The bump follows a frightening incident at JFK on Friday the 13th when two planes nearly collided.
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 aborted its takeoff when an American Airlines plane crossed the runway.
The FAA is planning an investigation. Twitter
Two planes nearly collided at JFK Airport on January 13. Twitter
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Both aircraft were Airbus 320. Twitter
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The FAA said the two planes passed within about 1,000 feet of each other.
Delta Flight 1943 returned to the gate and ordered its 145 passengers and six crew members to depart. It was postponed until the next morning and customers were allocated hotel rooms for the night.
American Flight 106 was scheduled to head for London Heathrow Airport.