A Japan Airlines plane struck a Delta Air Lines plane on the runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) on Feb. 5.
The Port of Seattle Fire, Seattle Police, and airport officials were on the scene responding to the collision, which occurred between S Concourse and the south airport maintenance hangars at 10:17 a.m. local time. No injuries were reported.
The taxiing Japan Airlines plane “appears to have struck” the tail of the parked Delta Air Lines jet, the airport said.
“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,” the airport’s statement read.
Officials recommended that passengers check with their airlines if they are flying in or out of the airport.
“The right wing of Japan Airlines Flight 68 struck the tail of Delta Air Lines Flight 1921 while the planes were taxiing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,” according to the FAA statement.
“The aircraft were in an area that is not under air traffic control.”
The FAA said that it temporarily paused some flights to the airport due to the incident and is actively investigating the collision.
The incident happened one week after the midair collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines plane near Ronald Reagan National Airport, which killed all 67 passengers and crew onboard both aircraft.
Authorities said on Feb. 4 they had recovered the remains of all 67 victims, and all but one had been identified.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), tasked with investigating aviation accidents, said it was examining new data that could indicate the helicopter had breached its 200-foot flight altitude ceiling for that particular airspace near the airport.
Additionally, the air traffic control screen, which includes radar sensors and other data, located the helicopter at roughly 300 feet, according to the NTSB.
Investigators will review additional information from the helicopter, which is still submerged, to verify the data.
On Jan. 31, just days after the midair collision, a medical transport jet crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood.
All six onboard the plane and at least one person on the ground were killed, authorities said.
At least 24 people sustained injuries from the incident.
