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| Date: | Sunday 13 September 2015 |
| Time: | 19:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-990ER |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Airlines |
| Registration: | N461AS |
| MSN: | 36363/4850 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 182 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| Portland Airport, OR (PDX) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Alaska Airlines Flight AS543 was being pushed back from the gate about at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) when the left hand winglet of the Boeing 737 contact the right hand horizontal stabilizer of a United Airlines Boeing 757-224 (N19136).
United Airlines Flight UA1199 was taxiing to the gate after landing from Newark Airport, NJ when the incident happened.
Sources:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/united-airlines-alaska-airlines-planes-bump-near-lax-terminal/
https://www.enca.com/world/planes-collide-while-taxiing-lax
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=461AS
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Alaska-Airlines/Boeing-737-990-ER/2659305/L
History of this aircraft
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Images:
From my seat on the plane, using my phone.
From my seat on the plane, using my phone.
From my seat on the plane, using my phone.
From my seat on the plane, using my phone.
Media:
On the tarmac at LAX, two planes carrying more than 300 people go bump in the night: http://t.co/PLmqOTrpkG pic.twitter.com/lklRLl6YOQ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) 14 september 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2015 06:50 | Anon. | Added |
| 14-Sep-2015 06:58 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, Embed code, ] |
| 14-Sep-2015 15:48 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 14-Sep-2015 17:04 | mandieLion | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 14-Sep-2015 17:04 | mandieLion | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 14-Sep-2015 17:05 | mandieLion | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 14-Sep-2015 17:05 | mandieLion | Updated [Photo, ] |
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