JAL and Delta Aircraft Collision, Recognized as Aviation Accident by NTSB

JAL and Delta Aircraft Collision, Recognized as Aviation Accident by NTSB

Around 10:10 AM local time on February 5th, a Japan Airlines (JAL) aircraft and a Delta Air Lines aircraft collided and were damaged at Seattle-Tacoma Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has classified it as an aviation accident.

Flight JL68 from Tokyo/Narita (Boeing 787-9, registration: JA868J) was taxiing after landing when its right main wing touched the vertical stabilizer of Flight DL1921 to Puerto Vallarta (Boeing 737-800, registration: N3737C). The cause is under investigation. There were 185 people on board the JAL aircraft, including 13 crew members and 172 passengers, with no injuries reported.

Flight JL68 departed from Tokyo/Narita at 6:16 PM on the same day. It landed in Seattle at 9:50 AM the same day, and passenger disembarkation was completed by 11:53 AM. The return flight JL67 to Tokyo/Narita on the same day was canceled.

Flight DL1921 changed aircraft and departed Seattle at 3:21 PM, 5 hours and 42 minutes delayed, arriving in Puerto Vallarta 5 hours and 25 minutes late, at 9:55 PM on the same day.

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