Departing Spirit jet bumps into United airliner on MSP tarmac
JUNE 19, 2016 — 2:30PM

One commercial airliner bumped into another Sunday morning at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, an official said.

The incident occurred about 6 a.m. when a Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 heading to Chicago was being backed away from the Concourse E gate and ran into a smaller United jetliner that was parked, said airport spokesman Patrick Hogan.

Both planes were damaged, but no injuries were reported, Hogan said.

The United Bombadier CRJ700 aircraft had no crew, airport employees or passengers on board, he said. A United spokeswoman said the plane was taken out of service for repairs.

Flightaware.com, a commercial airlines tracking website, reports that the Spirit flight was canceled. Messages have been left with a Spirit spokesman for information about the incident.

There were delays to other flights in connection with the mishap, one passenger at the airport reported.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.

Paul Walsh


Our fine low tier push crew banged up the airplane. Oh well.
Whatever it takes!