The incident occurred before 6 p.m. Tuesday
NEWARK -- Two airplanes at Newark Liberty International Airport were involved in a minor collision on the ground Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirmed.
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No one was hurt when the Lufthansa airplane made contact with a craft from United Airlines around 5:45 p.m., the spokesman, Joseph Pentangelo, also said. A United spokeswoman, Maddie King, said United Flight 88 from Beijing had landed and was at a stop when it was struck by the empty Lufthansa craft, which was being towed.*
No delays were reported at Newark following the incident.
*CORRECTION -- An earlier version of this story reported that the Lufthansa airplane had been hit by the United craft.
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