In a shocking incident, two planes collided on the tarmac at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on Friday (local time) as the United States faces travel delays due to adverse weather and staffing shortages.

A United Airlines plane returning from Orlando, Florida, was turning into its arrival gate when it clipped the tail of another United jet on the taxiway, according to the New York Post .

The clipped plane, which was waiting to be taxied for its journey to Houston, was stationary at the time during the collision, the news outlet said, quoting an airline spokesperson.

“We all felt a bump during taxi to the runway but didn’t know it was another plane until the captain said it was," a passenger, who declined to share their name, told the New York Post moments after the collision.

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