Overview
- United Flight 580 clipped the tail of stationary United Flight 434 while turning into its arrival gate, the airline said.
- The contact occurred around 7:45 p.m. Friday and involved 343 people across both aircraft, according to the FAA and United.
- Both planes returned to gates and passengers deplaned normally, with no injuries reported.
- The FAA said it will investigate and noted that air traffic controllers do not manage movements in the gate area.
- Wind gusts over 50 mph contributed to long delays and more than 100 cancellations at LaGuardia that evening, and the cause of the contact remains unclear.