ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172460
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 December 2014 |
| Time: | c. 10:15 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-823 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N822NN |
| MSN: | 31085/3149 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 149 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW) |
| New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Southwest Airlines flight WN449, a Boeing 737-7H4 (WL), was on the taxiway at New York-La Guardia Airport when the left hand winglet was severed by an American Airlines Boeing 737-823 (WL).
The American Airlines 737, registration N822NN, had arrived from Dallas, Texas as flight AA1104 and was being towed to the gate when the incident happened.
According to the Port Authority website, AA1104 arrived at gate D7.
Sources:
https://mashable.com/2014/12/23/southwest-plane-clipped/
Media:
Live from LaGuardia: Southwest plane I'm on had its wing clipped; impact with American plane. Unclear what happened. pic.twitter.com/UZIKdBNNMK
— Arí Isaacman Astles (@Ari_Be_Free) December 23, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2014 17:41 | harro | Added |
| 23-Dec-2014 17:45 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2014 17:49 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2014 18:55 | harro | Updated [Nature, Embed code, Narrative] |
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