Following an incident at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport earlier today, Delta worked with each customer from flights DL295 to Tokyo-Haneda and DL5526 to Lafayette, Louisiana, to provide accommodation on alternate aircraft scheduled to depart Tuesday afternoon. We apologize to our customers for the experience. 

No customer or crew member injuries were reported, and operations continued as normal at the Atlanta airport. Delta’s TechOps teams have relocated the aircraft to maintenance hangars for evaluation.

Meanwhile, Delta is cooperating with the National Transportation Safety Board and other authorities as part of an investigation into the incident.

11:30 a.m. ET, Sept. 10

At approximately 10:07 a.m., the wing of an Airbus A350 taxiing out as DL295 from Atlanta to Tokyo-Haneda made contact with the tail of an Endeavor Air CRJ-900, DL5526 to Lafayette, Louisiana, on an adjacent taxiway, resulting in damage to the tail of the regional jet and the wing of the A350. 

There have been no reported injuries at this time and customers are being transported back to the terminal where they will be reaccommodated on alternate flights. 

There were 221 customers on DL295 and 56 customers on DL5526. At this time, no additional operational adjustments are expected. 

Delta is cooperating with the NTSB and other authorities on this incident.