Six members of Congress — including four from New York City — were aboard a plane headed to JFK Airport when it was struck by another aircraft on a taxiway at Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, federal officials confirmed.
The incident occurred around 12:45 p.m. Monday as American Airlines Flight 4522 was preparing for departure to New York. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the flight was clipped by the wingtip of a separate plane headed to Charleston, South Carolina.
