Several members of Congress were aboard when two American Airlines jets clipped wings while taxiing at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident, which occurred before 1 p.m., according to CNN.
“The wingtip of American Airlines Flight 5490 struck American Airlines Flight 4522 on a taxiway … around 12:45 p.m,” the FAA said in a statement.
Flight 5490 was reportedly departing for Charleston, South Carolina, while flight 4522 was going to JFK International Airport in New York.
“We just heard a loud, like a boom, like a thunk, before we took the runway,” the flight 5490 pilot reportedly told the tower controller.
At least five members of Congress — four of them Democrats from New
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