Newark

2 Planes Again Clip Wings at Newark Airport

A plane pushing back from a gate at Newark Airport Wednesday evening clipped the wing of another plane parked at a gate Wednesday evening, the second day in a row two planes made contact at the airport.

The FAA says United Airlines Flight 31, a Boeing 767, was backing out of a gate at Terminal B at about 4:30 p.m. when its wing made contact with the right wing of Austrian Airlines Flight 90, a Boeing 767, which was parked at another gate in the same terminal. 

No one was on board the United Airlines plane, an airline official said. 

On Tuesday, a Lufthansa Airbus A340 and a United 88 Boeing B777 clipped right wing tips at the airport while landing just before 5:30 p.m., an FAA spokeswoman said. 

No injuries were reported in either case. 

The FAA is investigating. 

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