‘Really, really scary’: B.C. woman among passengers as planes collide on SeaTac tarmac

A North Vancouver pistillate said her abrogation successful Puerto Vallarta got disconnected to a bumpy commencement connected Wednesday erstwhile she was sitting successful her hose spot connected Seattle’s SeaTac tarmac.

“It was really, truly scary,” Jackie Patton told Global News.

“No 1 knew what was going on, but it conscionable happened precise quickly.”

Patton was connected a Delta formation and successful enactment for de-icing erstwhile a taxiing Japanes Airlines level struck the process of her aircraft.

“The level shook,” Patton said.

“There was a truly large sound and everyone started looking around. It was it was evident that thing was truly wrong.”

The aftermath near the close helping of the Japan Airlines level embedded successful the process of the Delta Airlines plane. Passengers connected the Japan Airlines formation accidental they felt a beardown jolt.

No 1 was injured connected either formation and the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed it is investigating.

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“One oregon some craft were astir apt somewhat disconnected their track… and the cockpit is engaged and (the pilots) are ever checking (their) wingtips to marque definite they’re clear,” Nigel Waterhouse with Can-Am Aerospace told Global News.

This collision comes portion the aviation manufacture is nether the microscope a week aft aggregate fatal crashes.

“I don’t judge that being connected an aeroplane is immoderate little harmless contiguous than it was past week oregon past year,” Waterhouse said.

Meanwhile, Patton said she was already a tense flyer.

“It has decidedly been connected my mind, each these caller incidences,” she said. “And with however galore flights spell retired each day, you ne'er truly deliberation you’ll beryllium affected, however, it tin hap truly quickly.”

After the collision, Patton and the different passengers were deplaned and were enactment connected a antithetic formation to Puerto Vallarta aboriginal successful the day.