FAA looking into Delta, Japan Airlines on-ground collision in Seattle

Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The FAA is investigating an on-the-ground collision in Seattle between two aircrafts Wednesday.

The right wing of a Japan Airlines flight hit the the tail of a Delta Air Lines aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington on a taxi line ramp between S Concourse and the airport's southern maintenance hangars, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

No injuries were reported, and "minimal impact" was seen to regular airport operations "as this occurred on a taxi lane," according to officials.

"All passengers from (the) incident involving Japan Airlines flight 68 & Delta Air Lines flight 1921 have been deplaned," the airport wrote in a statement.

Seattle-Tacoma announced on social media that the Port of Seattle Fire, police and SEA operations responded just after 10:15 a.m. local time.

"SEA is working with both airlines to safely deplane passengers and bring them to the terminal," the airport stated earlier in the day.

It arrived less than one week after two deadly plane crashes in Philadelphia and the nation's capital still under investigation my a number of local and federal agencies.

According to the FAA, the accident took place in an area of the airport not under traffic control and temporarily paused a number of flights to the airport.

Airport officials say Delta and Japan Airlines were working to accommodate the affected passengers as teams worked to move the two damaged aircrafts off the Seattle taxiway.