Delta Air Lines jet clips Air Canada plane on Los Angeles International Airport tarmac

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Fox News · collected 2026-10-06 · by Louis Casiano

Quick Summary

On Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport, a Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 carrying 275 passengers and 15 crew members collided with an Air Canada jet while taxiing. The incident occurred when the Delta plane's left wingtip clipped the Air Canada aircraft. No injuries were reported initially, but Delta issued an apology for any inconvenience caused to travelers and emphasized safety as their top priority.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Story summary

On Tuesday morning at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), two planes collided on the runway: a Delta plane and an Air Canada jet. According to KTLA’s Rich Prickett, it appears that the winglet of the Delta aircraft hit the horizontal stabilizer of the parked Air Canada plane while taxiing from a gate. Jayson Lowe, CEO of Ascendant Financial Inc., who was on a different flight landing at LAX when the collision occurred, posted about seeing the impact firsthand.

Delta’s official statement confirmed that an Airbus A350-900 carrying 275 passengers and 15 crew members destined for Tokyo struck another aircraft with its left wingtip. No injuries were initially reported, but the extent of damage to both planes is still being assessed. The incident highlights potential issues with spatial awareness among flight crews on busy airport runways and taxiways.

Written for “Plane Collision At Lax” on 2026-10-06, grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.

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“Both articles describe the exact same collision between a Delta plane and an Air Canada jet at Los Angeles International Airport on the same day.”

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Louis Casiano
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Topics

A350-900 Air Canada Airbus Delta Delta Air Lines

Subjects

Delta ORG · 3× Air Canada ORG · 2× Airbus ORG · 1× Delta Air Lines ORG · 1× Fox News Digital ORG · 1× Tokyo GPE · 1×

Narrative

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 slated to depart for Tokyo, carrying 275 passengers and 15 crew members, struck an Air Canada passenger jet with its left wingtip, a Delta spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-06

Claims (6 extracted, 0 hedged)

Two airplanes collided Tuesday on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport. asserted
airplanes → collide → Airport
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 slated to depart for Tokyo, carrying 275 passengers and 15 crew members, struck an Air Canada passenger jet with its left wingtip, a Delta spokesperson told Fox News Digital. asserted
spokesperson → slat → Digital
No injuries were initially reported. asserted
injuries → report → ?
"While taxiing at Los Angeles International Airport, a Delta aircraft made contact with an Air Canada aircraft," a Delta statement said. asserted
statement → taxi → aircraft
"Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, and we apologize to our customers for the experience and delay in their travel. asserted
we → apologize → travel
This story is breaking. asserted
story → break → ?
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