Airbus A380 Jumbo Jet Clips Tail Of Another Plane While Taxiing At JFK Airport (VIDEO)

NEW YORK -- A wing of an Airbus A380, the world's biggest commercial passenger jet, clipped the tail of another plane while taxiing out to depart John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday night.

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There were no injuries when the Air France super jumbo jet touched the other plane at 8:09 p.m., Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters said.

Air France Flight 7, bound for Paris, was taxiing on a runway when its left wingtip struck the tail of Comair Flight 6293, which had just landed from Boston and was taxiing to its gate at Kennedy, one of the nation's busiest airports, Peters said.

Both jets were being towed to a ramp area for inspection, Peters said. The extent of the damage was unknown.

The FAA didn't immediately say how many people were on the double-deck Airbus A380, which can carry 525 passengers in a three-class configuration or more than 850 in a single-class configuration. Air France didn't immediately return a telephone message seeking comment.

The Comair CRJ 700 Regional Jet was carrying 62 passengers and four crew members, said Betsy Talton, a spokeswoman of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc., for which Comair operates regional flights. All the passengers were taken off the plane and into a terminal, she said.

The most serious safety scare for the world's largest and newest jetliners occurred last year, when a Rolls-Royce engine on a Qantas A380 disintegrated shortly after takeoff from Singapore, prompting Qantas to temporarily ground its fleet. A preliminary report blamed the massive engine failure on an oil leak.

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Comments

[INVet]

01:44 PM on 04/13/2011

I am sure glad we are cutting the FAA budget - how short-sighted can you be.

[Ed Baggett]

11:37 PM on 04/12/2011

Air traffic controllers must be fired !

[Samiiam]

01:05 AM on 04/13/2011

They are asleep.

[alexanr1]

08:07 AM on 04/13/2011

We can't fire them, they are in a union! Incompetency is protected by unions.

[CessnaDriverI72]

05:30 PM on 04/13/2011

One hundred percent wrong. Unless you're Paula Jones' husband.

[camarillofats]

11:03 PM on 04/12/2011

The A-380 is a death trap. Avoid flying on it. Fly Boeing instead. Keep my pension coming.

[CessnaDriverI72]

12:47 AM on 04/13/2011

The greatest thing about Boeing is that they "retired" the MD 10/11.

Sad that they retired the DC 9/Boeing 717. Loved that plane. Sucked to sit in the back rows, though.

[Rynchostylus]

04:20 PM on 04/13/2011

I love the MD-11. Sad to see it phased out of KLM and other carriers' fleets.

[camarillofats]

11:14 PM on 05/24/2011

I too am an old 172 pilot. I don't mean an old 172, I mean the pilot. I think Boeing could have made a success of the old DC9. I thought it was a great, quiet airplane.

[Adam Dray]

11:03 PM on 04/12/2011

...I'm actually impressed the smaller plane stayed in one piece. I mean heck you always hear how planes fall apart that one was practically yanked from it's vertical stabilizer and still stayed in one piece. AND holy cow I knew the Airbus was big but that video just makes it look HUGE.

[steelhead2007]

05:28 PM on 04/12/2011

THAT A380 WAS NOT BEING "TOWED." GREAT REPORTING!

[bigcity1968]

06:21 PM on 04/12/2011

I dont think they said it was being towed, they said it was taxing, but now they're being towed to a ramp area to check for inspections.

[CessnaDriverI72]

04:57 PM on 04/12/2011

Airbus: Failed to watch his wing tips.

Comair: Failed to make sure his entire aircraft was clear of the crossing taxiway.

Both at fault. 80/20 is my early estimation.

[bmlkkg3]

04:34 PM on 04/12/2011

his berka got in his eyes

[carnegie]

07:28 PM on 04/12/2011

Gosh you right wing types can't be witty for S*%t.

[supexcellency]

04:31 PM on 04/12/2011

Another Air France accident!? Who is hiring Air France pilots?

[Will98]

04:12 PM on 04/12/2011

wow, that made the plane jump around like a little toy

[DanSc]

04:07 PM on 04/12/2011

The French don't like listening to Yankee traffic control.

[gypsysailor]

04:01 PM on 04/12/2011

Ground control to Major Tom.

[gypsysailor]

03:58 PM on 04/12/2011

That was a touch? What an understatement.

[CabCurious]

03:13 PM on 04/12/2011

Wow,

This tells me that smaller regional planes need to come through Laguardia or Newark, not JFK. That's a case where somebody is pushing too many flights through JFK.

[DismayedRepub]

02:47 PM on 04/12/2011

No injuries? The people in the front of the Comair surely got some serious whiplash. That was like getting T-boned by a guy doing 60mph. This is why you keep your seatbelt tight until you get to the gate.

[Totto]

02:29 PM on 04/12/2011

My back's out! D@mn!