Japan Airlines Aircraft collides with Delta Jet in Seattle Airport

Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after one Japan Airlines Flight hit a Delta Airlines aircraft Since the aircraft taxis on Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday.

The strike happened around 1 p.m. 10:40 in an area that is not under air traffic control, according to the Agency. The wing tip of the Delta aircraft was hit by the Japan Airlines aircraft. The Delta flight was on its way to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with 142 customers on board. Customers planned and later boarded another plane to their final destination.

The airport worked with both airlines to discard passengers and bring them to the terminal. Incoming flights were temporarily pause due to the incident. No one was injured.

“We apologize for the experience and delay in travel,” Delta said in a statement.

FAA announced that it is investigating the incident while the National Transportation Safety Board said it was aware of the incident and monitors the situation.

The independent Has e -mailed Japan Airlines on comment.

The incident comes a week after an American Eagle Regional Jet collided with an army Black Hawk Helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington DC and kills 67 people. Three soldiers were on the helicopter and 64 people were on the plane.

The soldiers were involved in a training session, officials said after the collision. There are no definitive answers to what may have caused the crash, but investigators suspect the helicopter flies higher than its permitted 200 meters height.

Preliminary data shows that the black hauk flies at an altitude of 325 feet when they were hit by the helicopter.

A few days later, a medical transport aircraft in Philadelphia crashed and killed six people on board. The plane was on its way to Springfield, Missouri with 11-year-old Valentina Guzmán Murillol, her mother, Lizeth Murillo Osuna and four crew. The child underwent equal treatment at Shriners Children’s Philadelphia Hospital. It is not yet known what led to that crash.

In an X -Post Wednesday, Elon Musk announced his intentions to “make quick upgrades to the air traffic control system.” Days earlier, FAA’s primary aviation security message system failed for several hours, Tesla CEO claimed.

Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency as a “special employee of the government,” said his team would work on the matter.