LAX 2 Planes Clip Each Other

[Parche]

knbc.com
Alaska Airlines 737 Clips Jet Parked At LAX Gate

POSTED: 5:58 pm PDT August 27, 2007
UPDATED: 8:16 am PDT August 28, 2007


LOS ANGELES -- An Alaska Airlines 737 being pushed from a gate Monday afternoon at Los Angeles International Airport bumped another of the airline's 737s, which was parked at a nearby gate, according to officials.

As the plane was pushed from Gate 30, its left winglet came into contact with a plane that was parked at Gate 31B, according to LAX officials. The winglet is a small vertical fin on the outer tip of a wing.

The winglet clipped the other plane's left wing, said airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles.

"They just bumped," Castles said.

The incident occurred at about 1:30 p.m.



Airport officials said the contact was not considered a runway incursion, defined by the Federal Aviation Administration as "any occurrence in the airport runway environment involving an aircraft, vehicle, person, or object on the ground that creates a collision hazard or results in a loss of required separation with an aircraft taking off, intending to take off, landing, or intending to land."

Flight No. 006 was bound for Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Passengers were transferred to other airlines.

No one was aboard Flight No. 117, which was bound for Seattle.

Other Recent Runway Incidents

The Federal Aviation Administration is reportedly investigating a weekend runway safety breach at Los Angeles International Airport -- the second apparent incident of its type in less than two weeks.

The incident on Saturday night involved two Boeing 737s using the airport's north airfield. Officials tell the Los Angeles Times that a Continental plane that had arrived from Newark, N.J., apparently encroached into the runway area of an American Airlines plane leaving for Miami.

A spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said it appeared the two aircraft were at least 1,000 feet apart.

The previous "runway incursion" at LAX was much more serious. It happened Aug. 16 and involved two aircraft that came to within only 37 feet of each other. That near-disaster was blamed on a ground controller.

[brentspeak]

1. Holy smokes. This kind of thing still happens?

Today, I was just reading about the 1977 Tenerife disaster.

[KansDem]

2. Airport? "They just bumped?"

How can they get these two planes into rest-room stalls? Don't they have a "wide stance?" :silly:

[brentspeak]

4. LOL!

[rsmith6621]

3. They Were.....

....Gay Boeing Aircraft.....Investigation pending...:)

[Alacrat]

7. That would be a tail incurrsion

[ThomWV]

5. So what you're saying is that some airport tractor-driver is out looking for a new job

Sounds like they did the right thing. Move the people to other flights and then pull the planes off the line and do a full inspection of the damage. Fix it if something's broke, put them back in service if all they did was scratch the paint. What's the problem?

[judaspriestess]

6. this was probably an error from the guys on ground level

who push back the plane. they obviously did not pay attention.