Authorities say the wing tip of an American Airlines plane struck another plane from the same airline on a taxiway of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

Representative Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat from New Jersey, said on social media that he was a passenger on the New York-bound flight when the planes made contact while waiting for takeoff

An American Airlines plane “bumped into” another American Airlines plane on the taxiway at Reagan National Airport Thursday afternoon. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that the wingtip of American Airlines flight 5490 hit flight 4522 about 12:45 p.