No injuries, just headaches as United and Delta planes tapped at Boston Logan Airport

For some travelers out of Boston the weekend got off to a rougher than anticipated start. 

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, United Airlines flight 369’s wing clipped the tail of Delta Air Lines flight 1657 at Logan International Airport on Friday.

The agency’s brief stated that the Delta flight was at a holding pad and the United flight was taxiing when the incident occurred. 

Both airlines confirmed the incident.

“On Friday evening, the winglet of a United aircraft clipped the tail of another aircraft at Boston Logan International Airport. Customers on the United aircraft deplaned normally at the gate, and we rebooked them onto other flights,” Charles Hobart, a United Airlines spokesperson said in a statement.

There were 128 customers and six crew members aboard the United Boeing 737 MAX 9, according to Hobart. Tracking data shows the flight was bound for Newark, New Jersey.

“There were no reported injuries to our customers or crew following another aircraft coming into contact with Delta flight 1657, which was awaiting takeoff clearance on the Logan airfield. Delta teams worked to get customers reaccommodated to their final destinations, and we apologized for the resulting delay,” Morgan Durrant, a Delta Air Lines spokesperson said in a separate statement.

There were 189 customers on the Delta Airbus A321 bound for Detroit, according to Durrant. 

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NBC News reported it obtained passenger-filmed video of the incident.

The FAA said it would investigate, and it’s just the latest in a series of incidents of planes winding up where they’re not supposed to be. Legislators and regulators in Washington continue to examine why safety incidents seem to be happening with more frequency lately. 

Zach Wichter is a travel reporter for Paste BN based in New York. You can reach him at zwichter@usatoday.com