BOSTON- Delta Air Lines (DL) flight from Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), Lisbon to Boston Logan Airport (BOS) operated by Boeing 767 collided with JetBridge at Boston on November 3, 2024.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has reported this incident on its Aviation Accidents and Incidents page.
Delta 767 Collided at Boston
The FAA reported the incident and stated, “AIRCRAFT LEFT WING STRUCK JET BRIDGE WHILE PARKING AT THE GATE, BOSTON, MA.”
According to FlightRadar24 data, Delta flight took off from Lisbon at 11:25 AM UTC and after being airborne for around six hours and 38 minutes, the flight landed safely at Boston at 6:03 PM UTC.
It taxied to Terminal E and Gate 5 and while parking, the aircraft collided with the passenger jetbridge.
Luckily no injuries were reported and all passengers disembarked from the flight safely.
We reached out to Delta for more details and they said,
“Upon arrival at the gate on Nov. 3, Delta flight 125 from Lisbon (LIS) to Boston (BOS) encountered the jetway resulting in minor damage to the engine exterior. We apologize to our customers for their delay in deplaning.”
There were 211 passengers along with 11 crew members onboard the Boeing 767.
The aircraft involved in the incident is a 25.5-year-old Boeing 767-300, registered as N1605. Following the incident, the aircraft was taken out of service for maintenance. The aircraft is still on the ground at Boston Airport three days after the incident.
The airline arranged another aircraft as a replacement and it departed with 40-minute delays from its scheduled time. The other 767, registered as N175DZ operated an outbound flight that day.
Similar Incident
In July 2023, An AirBridge near Terminal 2 of Dublin Airport (DUB) collapsed, causing damage to an American Airlines (AA) Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
According to airport sources, the incident occurred as the American Airlines flight from Chicago (ORD) was arriving at DUB. The Boeing 787-8, registered as N812AA, was preparing to disembark passengers when the AirBridge suddenly failed and collapsed, ripping off a door on the aircraft.
The AirBridge failure appears to have been due to a technical malfunction in the structure supporting the connector. Fortunately, no injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
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