Matt Molnar
2008-02-18, 04:04 AM
U.S. Airways Planes Clip Wings at Reagan Airport (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/17/AR2008021701205.html)
By Annie Gowen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 17, 2008; 2:53 PM
Two U.S. Airways planes were evacuated this morning at Reagan National Airport after the planes' wings clipped, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said.
Courtney Prebich, a MWAA spokeswoman, said that the two planes -- a U.S. Airways Airbus A319 headed to LaGuardia Airport and a smaller U.S. Airways Express regional jet on the way to Rochester, N.Y. -- were in an area at the north side of the airport waiting for their turn at the runway when the collision occurred.
The smaller jet -- operated by regional carrier Republic Airways -- was carrying 21 passengers in taxi mode toward the runway when it clipped the wing of the larger aircraft and became lodged there, according to Andrea Rader, a spokeswoman for U.S. Airways. [Full article... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/17/AR2008021701205.html)]
By Annie Gowen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 17, 2008; 2:53 PM
Two U.S. Airways planes were evacuated this morning at Reagan National Airport after the planes' wings clipped, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said.
Courtney Prebich, a MWAA spokeswoman, said that the two planes -- a U.S. Airways Airbus A319 headed to LaGuardia Airport and a smaller U.S. Airways Express regional jet on the way to Rochester, N.Y. -- were in an area at the north side of the airport waiting for their turn at the runway when the collision occurred.
The smaller jet -- operated by regional carrier Republic Airways -- was carrying 21 passengers in taxi mode toward the runway when it clipped the wing of the larger aircraft and became lodged there, according to Andrea Rader, a spokeswoman for U.S. Airways. [Full article... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/17/AR2008021701205.html)]