A US Airways Airbus A319 struck an Embraer E-175 last week while positioning for de-icing, an event that required the regional jet to be taken out of service for 35 hours for repair to the elevator.
The wingtip of the A319 "came into contact" with the wingtip of the E-175, which was being operated as US Airways Express by Republic Airways Holdings, says a US Airways spokeswoman.
Both aircraft were being de-iced at a remote location at St Louis International Airport. No customers or crew were injured.
The A319 was scheduled to operate service to Charlotte, North Carolina, while the E-175 was scheduled to fly to Philadelphia. "Both aircraft returned to the gate and we cancelled the flights out of an abundance of caution so we could inspect both aircraft thoroughly," says the spokeswoman. "The US Airways aircraft was out of service for minimal time and the Express aircraft was out of service for 35 hours for repair to the elevator."
The US FAA, in a preliminary accident report dated 4 January, lists the A319's registration number as [N]747UW and the E-175 as N108HQ. Flightglobal's ACAS database shows that the E-175 was built in 2007 and is owned by Republic.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
