A Texas airport temporarily suspended all flights Tuesday when a private jet departed “without permission” and collided with another plane on the tarmac, officials said.
A twin-engine Hawker H25B left Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport “without permission” around 3:30 p.m. local time Tuesday and collided with a twin-engine Cessna C510 as it landed on a nearby runway. the Federal Aviation Administration wrote in.
“Two private planes clipped their wings while moving on the airfield…No injuries were reported,” Hobby Airport said in its own statement.
The two small planes had visible damage after the accident, according to images from ABC13.
“We just had a flight… you just cleared someone to take off or land and we had a minor departure,” the Cessna pilot can be heard saying in audio obtained by the media.
The twin-engine Hawker H25B departed Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport “without permission” around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. ABC 13
No injuries were reported, but the airport closed its airfield to clear debris.
About 130 flights were delayed or canceled before flight operations resumed around 8 p.m., ABC13 reported.
Some passengers were sent to nearby Bush Intercontinental Airport, while others were diverted to other states, the outlet reported.
The runway was strewn with some debris from the collision. ABC 13 The incident is still under investigation. ABC 13
Some disgruntled passengers even left their luggage behind rather than wait for news, as video from inside Hobby Airport shows.
The FAA said the number of passengers on both the Hawker and Cessna has not been determined.
It is unclear whether the Hawker pilot will face consequences for taking off without permission.
A team of six investigators will also look into the incident, the National Transportation Safety Board announced today.
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