One injured as two Delta CRJ900s collide at New York LaGuardia Airport

The pilots of one of the Delta Connection Mitsubishi (née Bombardier) CRJ900s that collided on the ground at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) reported that there was a single injury following the collision that involved two Endeavor Air CRJ900s operating flights on behalf of Delta Air Lines’ regional brand.

On October 1, 2025, two Delta Connection CRJ900 aircraft, registered as N480PX and N902XJ, collided on the ground at LGA while both regional jets were taxiing. The former recently landed on flight DL 5047 from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), while the latter was about to depart on flight DL 5155 to Roanoke-Blacksburg Airport (ROA).

According to air traffic control (ATC) audio provided by LiveATC.net, a pilot of N480PX asked the ground controller at LGA for emergency trucks at taxiway Alpha, stating that “we have two CRJ900s on Mike that collided.”

The pilot of flight DL 5047 confirmed to ATC that the two regional jets clipped, and that the right wing of N902XJ “clipped our nose and the cockpit; we have damage to our windscreen [...].”

They added that they still have their engines running, saying that the flight crew would like to shut them down whenever they could do so. The pilot added that they had no injuries on board one of the two CRJ900s.

However, the pilots of flight DL 5155 informed the ground controller that “we have one injury on board.”

The incident involving the two CRJ900s happened at LGA at around 21:56 local time (UTC -4). Pictures, shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed severe damage to the front end of N480PX, including its windscreen and the fuselage just below it.

The timing of the on-ground collision coincided with the United States government shutdown, which began just after midnight on October 1, 2025.

Despite the shutdown, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) informed stakeholders on X, formerly known as Twitter, that it will only carry out essential work, which includes “launches to accidents and events to protect and preserve evidence critical to determining the circumstances of the accident, probable cause and recommendations necessary to protect life and property from a recurrence or similar catastrophe,” as well as “all investigation and report production functions, which are intended to timely determine the circumstances of accidents, the probable cause, and recommendations necessary to protect life and property from the recurrence of similar catastrophes.”

The latter includes the NTSB’s ongoing investigation into the mid-air collision between an American Eagle CRJ700 and a US Army (USA) Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk on January 29, 2025. The board published its preliminary report about the incident on March 11, 2025.

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