Wing detaches from aircraft as two planes collide on runway at LaGuardia Airport

Two Delta Air Lines jets collided on the runway at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport shortly before 10 p.m. EST on Wednesday. 

The airline announced in a statement that Endeavor Flight 5155, scheduled to depart LaGuardia to Roanoke, Virginia, and Endeavor Air Flight 5047, arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina, were involved in a “low-speed collision” at 9:58 p.m. Endeavor is a “wholly-owned” subsidiary of Delta Airlines. 

Early investigative reports into the incident revealed that the wing of Flight 5155 collided with the fuselage of Flight 5047. On Flight 5155, there were four crew members and 28 passengers, while on Flight 5047, there were four crew members and 57 passengers. 

BREAKING: Two Delta planes collided while taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, causing the wing of

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