A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner , operated Japan Airlines (JAL), made contact with a Delta Air Lines 737-800 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) on Wednesday. The incident reportedly happened shortly after the JAL aircraft arrived from Tokyo. The 737 was bound for Puerto Vallarta and was parked to prepare for deicing.
Passengers reportedly deplaned, and Delta is working to deploy another aircraft to continue the flight. "Struck the tail" Airport authorities confirmed that the incident occurred shortly after 10:15. “At approximately 10:17 a.
m. this morning, Port of Seattle Fire, Police and SEA operations responded to an incident on the ramp at SEA on a taxi line between S Concourse and the south airport maintenance hangars. The incident involved a taxiing Japan Airlines aircraft that appears to have struck the tail of a parked Delta Air Lines aircraft.
There are no injuries reported at this time. SEA is working with both airlines to safely deplane passengers and bring them to the terminal. There is minimal impact to airport operations as this occurred on a taxi lane.
Passengers are encouraged to check with their airlines if they are flying today.” According to Flightradar24, the JAL aircraft is registered as JA868J. It was operating as JL68 from Tokyo-Narita and touched down on Runway 16L at 09:50.
It exited the runway and taxied toward the S concourse, where it was due to arrive at gate S8. By 09:55, the plane was taxiing on the south side of the concourse near gates .