Comair Tail News Today

An air france a380 passes. its left wing clips the comair tail and spins it a full 90 degrees. the air france flight bound for paris with about 500 on board was taxiing from the terminal to the runway for takeoff when the two planes got too close. >> roll the emergency trucks to mike. weve been hit by air france. >> who was that? >> comair 553. >> comair 553. okay, we are calling them. >> attention all emergency equipment, call 33. taxiway alpha and mike. >> the giant double-decker plane has a w...

From inside the a-380, air france passenger lawrence took these pictures of the comair tail. he hadnt seen video of the impact until we showed him. >> it felt like a speed bump or like hitting a pothole, a jolt. it didnt felt right. >> reporter: this ntsb photos shows the damage to the air france wing. it has the longest wingspan of any plane in the world. the taxi ways are the standard 75 feet wide. the a-380s wings always extend ov over. in just two second, everyone inside the regional jet was...