Delta flight clips another plane on taxiway at Atlanta airport, knocks off smaller plane's tail

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Delta flight clips another plane on taxiway at Atlanta airport, knocks off smaller plane's tail
abcnews.go.com

A Delta jet clipped a smaller plane on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday morning, tearing the tail off the smaller plane, officials said.

Delta Air Lines Flight 295, which was en route to Tokyo, was taxiing for takeoff when its wingtip hit the tail of Endeavor Air Flight 5526, which was headed to Louisiana, knocking the Endeavor plane's tail off, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and Delta.

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Side of the plane even says Delta...

That probably just scraped off from the other plane like when a car leaves an imprint of their license plate during a crash.