Jumbo Jet Clips American Eagle Plane at O’Hare Airport
By Mary Jane Credeur - May 30, 2012 3:48 PM ET
A Boeing Co. (BA) 747 jumbo cargo carrier clipped an American Eagle regional plane at Chicago’s O’Hare airport today as the smaller plane was taxiing to a gate.
No injuries were reported among the 21 passengers and crew on Eagle Flight 4265, which had just arrived from Springfield, Missouri, when the incident happened at 1 p.m. local time, Mary Frances Fagan, a spokeswoman for American Eagle parent AMR Corp., said in an e-mail. Passengers were taken off the Embraer SA (EMBR3) 140, and damage is being assessed, she said.
The EVA Cargo wide-body jet, operating as Flight 661, was on a taxiway when it “made contact” with the smaller jet, said Karen Pride, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Department of Aviation. It wasn’t immediately clear whether both planes were moving at the time, or if one was stationary, she said. The incident didn’t disrupt flight operations, Pride said.
Managers at EVA Chicago’s office weren’t immediately available to comment, said a man who answered the phone.
To contact the reporter on this story: Mary Jane Credeur in Atlanta at mcredeur@bloomberg.net
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