Delta Air Lines Flight 7 collides with Air Canada aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id 42eb706e-dcc8-49eb-aeef-c59126169709.

Where: Los Angeles International Airportresolved to facility33.943, -118.408
When: Occurrence date not stated by reportingFirst reported 2026-10-06 · last update 2026-10-07
Sourcing: 6 reports6 outlets carrying it · independence not established
How far this got: pinpointedlocated to facilityThis signal has no sensor recommendation, so there is nothing specific to look for.

Summary

On October 6, 2026, a Delta Air Lines Flight 7 taxiing for departure at Los Angeles International Airport collided with an Air Canada aircraft. Reports indicate the Delta plane's wingtip clipped the horizontal stabilizer of an Air Canada plane, identified in reports as Flight 785 or Flight 875, while it was being towed to a gate. Observers described the collision as small. Both aircraft were removed from service for inspection. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident, though an NTSB spokesperson has not confirmed the event.

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What remains unresolved

located to facility

Timeline

6 recorded change(s). The ledger starts when this event was first folded: the initial observation is not recorded as a change, so an empty timeline means nothing has moved since, not that nothing is known.

2026-10-09member countour measurement5 → 6reports joined

5 change(s) before the history shown here.

Sources

Grouped by outlet. Syndication is not collapsed, so several outlets can carry one wire story — the count is breadth of carriage, not independent confirmation.

latimes.com
- Delta and Air Canada planes collide on taxiway at Los Angeles International Airport2026-10-06
cp24.com
- Air Canada plane from Toronto ‘clipped’ by Delta jet at LAX2026-10-06
hindustantimes.com
- Delta, Air Canada planes collide at LAX: What happened? | Hindustan Times2026-10-07
krdo.com
- FAA investigating after Delta plane hits an Air Canada jet at LAX2026-10-07
dailymail.com
- Delta plane collides with Air Canada flight on tarmac at Los Angeles airport as FAA probes what went wrong | Daily Mail Online2026-10-07
arynews.tv
- Two passenger planes collide at LA airport2026-10-07

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