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FAA Investigates Wingtip Collision at Reagan National Airport Involving Lawmakers' Flight

A minor collision occurred between two American Airlines jets at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on April 10, 2025, at about 12:45 PM local time.
American Airlines Flight 5490 struck Flight 4522 while taxiing, with 76 customers on the first flight and 67 on the second.
Nick LaLota, a New York Republican, confirmed that no one was hurt when one plane's wing was 'bumped' by another jet.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced an investigation into the wingtip collision involving the two American Airlines jets.

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Video/Pic: 2 planes clip wings at DC airport; multiple lawmakers on board

An airplane clipped another stationary airplane’s wings on Thursday at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. While no injuries were reported from the airplane incident, multiple members of Congress were on the stationary aircraft at the time of the incident. According to NBC News, both of the airplanes involved in Thursday’s incident were American Airlines planes. In a statement obtained by the outlet, American Airlines said, “American Eag…

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Plane carrying 6 members of Congress clips wing of another jet

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Plane carrying Congress members clipped another at airport, causing taxiway accident

On Thursday, April 10, 2025, around 12:45 PM local time, two American Airlines planes bumped into each other on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). One of the planes was an Embraer E175, operating as Flight 4522, which had at least six members of the U.S. House of Representatives (Congress members) from New York and New Jersey on board. As reported by New York Times and NBC News, the other plane was a Bombardier CRJ 900…

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Wing of plane carrying 6 members of congress is clipped at Reagan Airport - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Two American Airlines jets, including one carrying at least six members of Congress from New York and New Jersey, clipped wings on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Thursday, officials said.

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Two American Airlines planes “clipped wings” on the tarmac at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday, with members of Congress on board. Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) posted on social media about the incident, in which one plane’s wing struck a stationary plane’s wing, noting that Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) was also on the flight […] The post Plane Full of House Members Evacuated After Collision appeared first on News Addicts.

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