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Jet Smashes Smaller Plane at Boston Airport

At least one person injured

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 15, 2011 6:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – A pair of planes crashed at Boston’s Logan Airport last night, injuring at least one woman. A large Delta 767 with 204 passengers was preparing to take off when its wing sliced through the tail of a smaller plane on a taxiway, the Boston Globe reports. Dozens of emergency vehicles rushed to the scene, and one woman was taken to the hospital with minor neck injuries.

It’s unclear as yet what caused the crash, and the FAA is investigating. The planes were on nearly perpendicular taxiways, and the smaller plane, a Canadair regional flight carrying 74 passengers, was stationary. The Canadair plane sustained damage to its hydraulics and brakes, and wasn’t able to taxi back to the terminal. “Maybe once in the 32 years that I’ve been here, two planes clipped each other,” says one Logan Airport spokesman. “It doesn’t happen a lot.”

A jet lines up for takeoff at Logan Airport in Boston, MA August 24, 2000.
A jet lines up for takeoff at Logan Airport in Boston, MA August 24, 2000.   (Getty Images)
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JonmarkP
Jul 15, 2011 7:35 AM CDT
Oh, good photo Newser! "A jet lines up for takeoff at Logan Airport in Boston, MA August 24, 2000." Always cutting edge, this Newser.
Jeffrey-Lebowski
Jul 15, 2011 6:49 AM CDT
Like the signs say at Fed Ex,"please don't hit the big white plane."

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