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Plane strikes another aircraft on Chicago runway, no injuries

CHICAGO, May 2 (UPI) -- Two airplanes clipped each other on a runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, Federal Aviation Administration officials said.

A Lufthansa cargo jet was in a hold line Wednesday evening when a Polish LOT passenger plane, with 257 passengers and a crew of 12 aboard, clipped its wing while trying to maneuver around it, officials said.

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There were no injuries, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The incident was similar to one at Newark, N.J., Liberty International Airport Wednesday, in which the wing of a Scandinavian Airlines plane clipped the tail section of a United Airlines ExpressJet plane, the (Newark) Star-Ledger reported. Again, no injuries were reported.

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