FAA investigating Delta airplane
Hindustan TimesBy David Shepardson FAA investigating Delta airplane Sept 10 - Delta Air Lines said on Tuesday the wing of one of its planes struck a regional jet while taxiing for departure at Atlanta airport, damaging both aircraft. The airline said the wing of a Delta Airbus A350 that was set to depart for Tokyo-Haneda struck the tail of an Endeavor Air CRJ-900 that was scheduled to department for LaFayette, Louisiana, resulting in damage to the tail of the regional jet and the wing of the A350. A number of near miss and runway incursion incidents last year raised concerns about U.S. aviation safety and the strain on understaffed air traffic control, prompting the National Transportation Safety Board to call for more technology to prevent collisions. "We've started to deploy pretty simple off the shelf solution for controllers to get better situational awareness," Whitaker said saying close calls were down by more than half in the first half of the year.
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