Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

Silver Airways plane strikes parked plane of same airline at Fort Lauderdale airport

According to a FLL spokesperson no one was on either of the planes at the time of the incident and no one was hurt

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The wings of two planes collided at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport Friday morning.

A Silver Airlines plane clipped a parked plane from the same airline at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Friday morning, officials said.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the incident happened shortly before 8 a.m. when the Silver Airways plane struck a parked plane from the same airline while being towed at FLL.

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Images from Chopper 6 showed a bird's eye view of the two planes from Silver Airways just inches away from each other on the tarmac.

A Silver Airways plane clipped another at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Jan. 5, 2024.

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The incident occurred in an area not under air traffic control, the FAA said.

According to a FLL spokesperson, no one was on either of the planes at the time of the incident and no one was hurt.

Officials said the incident has had no impacts to airport operations. The FAA will investigate the incident.

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