The second commercial jet collision of the day occurred at Boston Logan International Airport when a Cape Air aircraft was rear-ended by a JetBlue plane that was being towed.
The FAA is looking into the incidents, even though no passengers were hurt.
On Monday night, a JetBlue plane being towed collided with the back of a Cape Air plane at Boston Logan International Airport, causing its second aviation accident in a single day.
Cape Air Flight 617, which was its route from Nantucket to Boston, had just landed and was ready to park when the incident happened at 6:15 p.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports that the Cape Air Tecnam P2012 aircraft collided with a towed JetBlue Airbus A321.
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) said the two Cape Air pilots on board were transported to the hospital as a precaution, but no passengers were hurt.
JetBlue stated that the tug carrying its empty aircraft was taken out of service right away and that the aircraft would be thoroughly inspected.
When an American Airlines flight from London pulled into Terminal E earlier that day, it clipped the wings of a parked Frontier Airlines aircraft. In the encounter, no injuries were reported either.
The FAA is looking into both incidents, which has brought ground safety procedures at one of the busiest airports in the country back into the spotlight.
These kinds of occurrences show how difficult it is to coordinate aircraft movements in congested airport settings.
These consecutive incidents highlight the necessity of strict operational monitoring to avoid such incidents in the future, even though the causes are still being investigated.
Airport officials reassured passengers that all flights and services continued without major delays in spite of the disruptions.
