Taxiing Plane Strikes Wing of 2nd Plane, no Injuries

Taxiing Plane Strikes Wing of 2nd Plane, no Injuries
A Southwest Airlines passenger jet at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, located 7 miles (11 km) south of Atlanta, Georgia. Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images
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NEWARK, N.J.—Authorities say a plane taxiing at Newark Liberty Airport struck the wing of another plane, but no one was injured.

The airport said in a message on Twitter that the Southwest Airlines plane was taxiing shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday when it struck wings with a parked airliner at the airport’s Terminal A gate.