Overview
- The contact occurred Tuesday morning at Terminal B as Singapore Airlines Flight 21 was pushed back from its gate next to a Spirit aircraft being de-iced.
- No injuries were reported, and Spirit deplaned passengers before removing its jet from service for maintenance evaluation.
- Singapore Airlines said the A350 returned to the gate for checks and was cleared for service, with the Newark–Singapore nonstop departing after about a six-and-a-half-hour delay.
- The FAA said the ground collision happened in an area not managed by air traffic controllers and confirmed it will investigate.
- Passenger video shared by Sree Sreenivasan showed visible damage to the Spirit jet’s tail as inspections began.