Jumbo jet clips plane at JFK AirportSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: NTSB will investigate incidentAn Air France jet clipped a Delta Connection plane, a Delta official saysA CNN reporter on the Air France plane says it stopped after a slight rumbleA Port Authority spokeswoman says there were no injuries on either plane New York (CNN) -- The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that it will investigate what happened Monday night when a massive Air France jet clipped a smaller regional aircraft at John F. Kennedy Airport. The incident, caught on amateur video, shows the Air France Airbus 380 clipping the smaller plane while taxiing to the runway for takeoff. CNN Correspondent Jim Bittermann, who was on the Air France flight headed to Paris, said that he felt a slight rumble -- akin to hitting a patch of rough pavement -- as his plane was moving on the ground Monday at about 8:15 p.m. The pilot then stopped the aircraft, which is regarded as the world's biggest passenger jet, and eventually fire department crews surrounded it and the other plane. The tail of Comair Flight 6293, a Delta Connection flight that had recently arrived from Boston, was struck by the Air France aircraft while waiting to park at the New York airport, said Delta spokeswoman Betsy Talton.
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