Friday, October 3, 2025 - Two Delta Air Lines planes collided Wednesday night, October 1, on a taxiway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, leaving one crew member injured
Delta said the “low-speed collision” involved Endeavor Air
Flight 5047, which had just arrived from Charlotte, North Carolina, and
Endeavor Flight 5155, which was preparing to depart for Roanoke, Virginia. Both
flights were operated by Endeavor, a Delta subsidiary.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirmed the
incident happened just before 10 p.m. at the intersection of Taxiways M and A.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Flight 5047 was taxiing to its gate
when it struck Flight 5155, which had been instructed by air traffic control to
hold and yield.
Preliminary findings show the wing of Flight 5155 made
contact with the fuselage of Flight 5047. A flight attendant sustained a minor
injury and was treated at the scene before being taken to a hospital.
Endeavor Flight 5155 was carrying 28 passengers and four
crew, while Flight 5047 had 57 passengers and four crew. Passengers were
escorted off both aircraft and moved onto shuttle buses.
CBS News producer Joey Annunziato, who was aboard Flight
5047, described the impact: “It was a pretty violent collision… it almost
sounded like a sardine can opening. We looked at the right side of the plane,
and the wing looked like it was almost off the plane.”
Delta said affected passengers would be provided with hotel
accommodation and rebooked onto new flights Thursday. The airline added it
would cooperate with authorities investigating the incident, stating: “Safety
of our customers and people comes before all else. We apologize to our
customers for the experience.”
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