A Delta aircraft clipped the tail of another plane Tuesday morning at the Atlanta airport.

The collision happened just after 10 a.m. at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport while Delta Flight 295 was taxiing for departure and struck Endeavor Air Flight 5526, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

Video taken at the airport appears to show the Endeavor plane with its tail hanging off its side.

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    2 months ago

    Most structures are designed to deal with specific loads and stresses. If that structure experiences something it’s not intended to experience then things like the tail being ripped off is not as hard as one would think.

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      2 months ago

      New sport: airplane demolition derby. Sponsored by Delta.