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Delta and Air Canada planes collide on the ground at Los Angeles airport

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350 struck an Air Canada plane at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday 6 October. No injuries were initially reported and the FAA is investigating.

4 outlets · 1L · 0C · 3R First reported Account updated
Image: New York Post
Image: Daily Mirror
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The story, neutrally told

Mixed · 2A Delta Air Lines plane collided with an Air Canada plane at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Tuesday 6 October 2026. Right · 1Just the News gave the time as about 10:30 a.m. Pacific time. Mixed · 2The Delta aircraft was an Airbus A350-900 due to leave for Tokyo with 275 passengers and 15 crew, a Delta spokesperson told Fox News Digital; the Mirror identified it as Delta Flight 7 and the Air Canada plane as Flight 875.

Mixed · 2Its left wing or wingtip struck the Air Canada plane's tail; the Mirror and the New York Post (quoting KTLA) say the horizontal stabilizer, and the Post says the Delta winglet hit it. Mixed · 2Accounts differ on the Air Canada plane's status. The FAA, as quoted by the Mirror, and Fox News and Just the News say it was being towed to its gate after arriving from Toronto. Right · 1A passenger on another flight, Jayson Lowe, CEO of Ascendant Financial Inc., described it in a social media post as a 'parked' Air Canada plane, and the New York Post quoted KTLA's reporter saying the plane appeared to be at a gate at least partially.

Right · 2No injuries were initially reported, though the New York Post said it was unclear whether anyone was hurt. Right · 2Delta said in a statement that 'a Delta aircraft made contact with an Air Canada aircraft', apologised for the delay, and said it would cooperate with the NTSB on any investigation. Right · 1Air Canada said its aircraft would be taken out of service for inspection and repairs, and the FAA said it is investigating.

Right · 2The New York Post and Just the News called the collision minor; the Post's claim that a pilot 'lost spatial awareness' is Lowe's opinion, not an official finding, and the cause has not been established.

Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.

Left1 outlet

Framing
The Daily Mirror ran a short breaking-news report leading with the collision and the FAA statement, plus the witness account.
Emphasis
Flight numbers, FAA quote and the 'parked plane' witness post.
Leaves out or plays down
No injury information, Delta or Air Canada statements, or the Tokyo destination.
For example
“A Delta Air Lines flight was taxiing for departure at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Tuesday when its left wing clipped the horizontal stabilizer of an Air Canada plane.” — Daily Mirror

Centre0 outlets

No centre outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.

Right3 outlets

Framing
Right-leaning outlets framed it as a minor ground collision, with Fox and Just the News relying on airline and FAA statements and the New York Post on TV footage and a witness.
Emphasis
Delta's apology, the passengers and crew on board, 'minor' damage, and the FAA/NTSB investigation; the Post stressed the witness's blame of the Delta cockpit.
Leaves out or plays down
The Post does not mention that the Air Canada plane was being towed; Fox and Just the News omit the witness's pilot-blame claim.
Charged language
“lost spatial awareness”“minor runway collision”
For example
““somebody in that Delta cockpit lost spatial awareness near an object roughly the size of a condominium building with wings.”” — New York Post
“A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 slated to depart for Tokyo, carrying 275 passengers and 15 crew members, struck an Air Canada passenger jet with its left wingtip” — Fox News
“The FAA said it is investigating the incident.” — Just the News