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Two JetBlue planes collided at Logan Airport in Boston on Thursday, February 8 while in the de-icing area.
JetBlue, which confirmed the collision, stated that one of the planes “came into contact with another JetBlue aircraft on an adjacent de-icing pad lane, causing damage to one aircraft’s winglet and the other aircraft’s tail section," Knewz.com has learned.
Boston TV station WHDH reports that there wasn't panic on the planes from passengers when the collision took place.
“It was just a really sharp jostle and the plane kind of rocked back and forth,” said passenger Kathleen Wnuk, who was on the flight headed to Orlando. “At first I thought maybe it was the de-icing truck that did it, but it wasn’t, it was another plane that passed by too close, and their wing hit our tail.”
Wnuk added that she was told JetBlue was preparing another flight for the passengers as it awaited a pilot.
Ryan Bates told NBC Boston that the effect on passengers was minimal.
"Just a little after 6:30, there was a loud jolt," said Ryan Bates, who was a passenger on the plane headed to Las Vegas. "We had been told we were going to go de-ice the plane prior to takeoff."
Bates said he didn't see the collision, but he witnessed passengers screaming as the incident took place.
"I thought maybe we had gone past the runway or something like that," said Bates, who's from North Andover, Massachusetts. "I opened my window shade and saw that we were really close to the other plane. We kept inching forward a little bit further."
According to JetBlue, no injuries were reported by customers nor members of the crew. The airline noted that both planes will be taken out of service to get repaired.
"Safety is JetBlue’s priority, and we will work to determine how and why this incident occurred," the airline stated, according to Fox Business.
Bates said an announcement about what had happened didn't come right after the collision.
"And then they came over the loudspeaker and said that we made contact with another plane…we're going to wait here and see what happens," he told NBC Boston.
Bates said the damage was noticeable from the window.
"I could see the damage right away," said Bates. "It was fairly dark, so until there was light out, probably 20 minutes later, I could see a piece of the other plane on the ground behind that plane."
Bates, who was heading to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl, said he hopes the collision was just a minor obstacle in his trip.
"Hopefully, we'll still get there [and it'll] still be a great weekend and it'll be a lot of fun," said Bates.
The collision was the third at Logan in the last 12 months.
In March, a United Airlines plane headed to Newark, New Jersey collided with another United aircraft, but no injuries were reported.
Then, in June, a low-speed collision took place between a United Airlines plane and a parked Delta Airlines plane. No one was hurt in that incident.
TMX contributed to this report.