Delta planes collide at Atlanta airport, damaging aircrafts' tail and wing

Two Delta planes "made contact" with one another at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) on Tuesday morning, resulting in damage to one of the aircraft's tail and no reported injuries, officials said.

The incident happened around 10:07 a.m. local time and involved the wing of Delta Air Lines Flight 295, which was traveling to Tokyo, Japan, making contact with the tail of Delta Air Lines Flight 5526, an Endeavor Air CRJ-900 aircraft flying to Lafayette, Louisiana, on an adjacent taxiway, Delta said in a statement emailed to USA TODAY.

The collision damaged the tail of the Endeavor Air CRJ-900 and the wing of the Airbus A350, according to Delta.

"There have been no reported injuries at this time and customers are being transported back to the terminal where they will be reaccommodated on alternate flights," the airline's statement continued.

Collision had 'minimal impact on airport operations'

There were 221 passengers on the flight to Japan and 56 passengers flying to Lafayette, Delta said.

Passengers from one of the aircraft were bussed from the incident to the concourses, a spokesperson for the Atlanta airport told USA TODAY.

The second aircraft was able to taxi itself to a concourse where passengers deplaned at their gate, the spokesperson said.

"There is minimal impact to airport operations," according to the airport.

Delta is cooperating with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and other authorities on this incident, per the airline's statement.

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