A Jet United Airlines Boeing 777 cut off the wings of another united plane while pushing behind the gate early Tuesday morning at San Francisco International Airport, causing two flights to carry out more than 500 passengers, officials said.
No one was injured during the accident, the latest incident to carry out a check on commercial aviation security procedures in the United States.
The brush between the two levels appeared around 12:35 am, according to the federal aviation administration, which said the planes were maneuvering in an area where air traffic controllers did not contact flight crews.
As one of the Boeing 777 took the gate to fly to Sydney, Australia, her right wing cut off the left wing of a flight to Hong Kong, FAA said in a statement. A video that seemed to have been taken by one of the airport terminals showed that the workers were standing on a hydraulic lift that inspected the point where the two wings were cut.
An airport spokesman reported questions about the incident at United Airlines.
There were 202 people and 16 crew members on the flight to Sydney, while the plane to Hong Kong had 306 passengers and 16 crew members, according to the airline. United did not say what kind of damage to the planes or what had led to the accident.
United said she was working to repeat passengers on other flights.
The accident occurred in a period of increased concern for commercial aviation in the United States, after other accidents, disorders and flight routes and one week after informing air traffic auditors with airplanes at Newark Liberty International Airport, their union said. The distribution of communications in Newark caused hundreds of delays and cancellations, in addition to dozens of flight diversions. United last week said it restricts its daily flight program to Newark, reporting a lack of air traffic auditors.
Last month, two American Airlines Jets, including one with at least six Congress members from New York and New Jersey, were cut in a caravan at Ronald Reagan National Airport outside Washington.
No one was injured in this incident, but brought fresh control to the airport safety, where a regional jet aircraft from the American Airlines that made its final approach was hit by an army helicopter on January 29, killing all 67 people over the two aircraft. This crash was the most deadly in the United States in 20 years.
On Thursday, air traffic auditors ordered two commercial flights to cancel their landings at Reagan Airport because a US military helicopter was preparing to land near the Pentagon, FAA said, who added.
Shortly after these flights, the army said he was suspending training flights around the Pentagon, Reuters said.
