An aircraft’s wingtip hit another plane at Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport on Thursday afternoon.American Airlines Flight 5490 struck American Airlines Flight 4522 on the taxiway around 12:45 p.

A plane clipped the wing of another passenger jet carrying several members of Congress on a taxiway at Reagan National Airport in Arlington on Thursday afternoon.

ARLINGTON, Va. — A routine day at Reagan National Airport turned tense Thursday when a plane on the runway “bumped into” the wing of another aircraft, according to U.S. Rep. Nick LaLota, who was onboard during the incident.