An Airbus A380 superjumbo — the world’s biggest passenger airliner with a wingspan of almost 80 metres — crashed into the rear of a much smaller aircraft on the JFK runway.
The Paris-bound Airbus caused a Comair regional jet to spin nearly 90 degrees on the tarmac as one of the A380’s wings touched the tail of the Delta Comair while it was taxiing.
Fortunately no one was reported as injured. The Air France A380 jet was carrying 495 passengers and 25 staff, while the Comair plane, which had just landed from Boston, had 62 people and four members of crew on board.
An Air France spokesperson said: “This collision caused only material damage. The two aircraft have been immobilised and the passengers were given accommodation or placed on [other] flights.”
Both jets are to be inspected.