Lufthansa Collides with United Airlines Plane at Newark Airport

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The Daily Mail reports that a Lufthansa and United Airlines plane got into a collision at Newark Airport yesterday.

Luckily nobody was injured when the two planes clipped wings while on the ground. 

The United plane landed at Newark Airport from Beijing and was at a stop when the situation took place. The United plane had 150 passengers and a crew of 15 onboard when the empty Lufthansa plane hit.

The United plane was towed to the gate to be inspected. All of the passengers onboard were able to deplane without issue.

The incident is being investigated by the FAA according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Surprisingly no delays were caused by the accident.

Find out more from the Daily Mail here.