One of the jetliners involved in the incident was a CRJ900 operated by PSA Airlines for American Eagle, while the other one was an Embraer E175 operated by Republic Airways. The pilots of the CRJ900 reported hearing a loud noise, described as “thunk.”

Two commercial passenger planes bumped on the ground at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport Thursday, according to several members of Congress who were onboard one of the aircraft.

Two American Airlines jet have had a minor collision on the runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - just three months after a deadly crash near there. The Federal Aviation Administration said the wingtip of one aircraft struck another on Thursday afternoon.

Two planes bumped wings on the ground at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Va. on April 10, 2025.

Five lawmakers were on board an American Airlines flight that was clipped by another plane on the ground at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Thursday. The House of Representatives members were from New York and New Jersey.

The wingtip of an American Airlines plane hit another American Airlines plane on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

An aircraft’s wingtip hit another plane at Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport on Thursday afternoon. Two regional American Airlines jets bumped wings while on the taxiway around 12:45 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Multiple lawmakers on Thursday said their airplane was bumped by another plane while waiting on the runway at Reagan National Airport.

The wingtip of an American Eagle plane hit another American Airlines plane carrying several U.S. Congress members Thursday afternoon at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.