Delta aircraft involved in taxiway incident in Atlanta

At approximately 10:07 this morning, the wing of a Delta 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 were transported back to the terminal. There were 221 customers on DL295 and 56 customers on DL5526. At this time, no additional operational adjustments are expected. 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. The carrier apologized to all the customers for the experience. 

Delta is cooperating with the NTSB and other authorities on this incident, while Delta TechOps teams prepare to safely move both aircraft to maintenance hangars.

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