Jetblue Flight Collides With Parked Aircraft at JFK Airport
Robert King
Updated on February 14, 2026
Wednesday, two JetBlue planes ran into one another on a runway at a New York air terminal.
This was the second peculiar thing to occur there in the beyond couple of days. As it was leaving the door, a plane going to Puerto Rico hit the tail of a plane that was at that point there.
Nobody was harmed, and when the plane returned to the door, the travelers got on an alternate plane.
JetBlue said in an explanation that flight 1603 “came into light contact with a stopped, empty airplane.”
“Security is JetBlue’s primary goal, and both airplane included will be removed from administration for assessment and the episode will be examined,” it said.
Authorities from the Government Aeronautics Organization (FAA) have begun to investigate what occurred.
JetBlue 1603 … from JFK to San Juan … returns to the gate after the plane bumped a parked plane during pushback. No one hurt.
Passengers being moved to another aircraft #nbc4ny #jfk— Steven Bognar (@Bogs4NY) January 18, 2023
One plane was going to take off, and the other was crossing a similar runway. An accident nearly occurred until an air traffic regulator saw the two planes.
“Delta 1943, drop take-off leeway! Delta 1943, drop the take-off leeway!,” a site that posts flight interchanges called LiveATC recorded what the regulator said.
At the point when the Delta plane halted, the planes were around 1,000 feet (300 meters) separated.
Delta Carriers said in a proclamation that it would assist with a test into what occurred. The other plane was controlled by American Carriers, which didn’t say something and sent inquiries to the FAA. We take care of all relevant insights about how a JetBlue carrier crashed into a stopped airplane at JFK air terminal.