Two Delta planes collide while taxiing at Atlanta airport, tearing off the tail of one plane.

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Two Delta Air Lines planes collided on Tuesday morning en route to takeoff from Atlanta's busy Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport.

The wingtip of a Delta Airbus A350 “came into contact” with a Delta CRJ 900 regional jet operated by Endeavor Airlines, said Anthony Black, spokesman for Delta Air Lines.

No one was injured in the collision and the passengers of the regional flight were taken back to the terminal by bus, Black said.

Photos obtained by CNN and posted on social media show the regional flight's vertical stabilizer detaching from the rest of the plane and flanked by airport emergency vehicles.

The passengers would be rebooked on replacement flights, Delta said in a statement. There were 221 passengers on board the Airbus and 56 customers on board the regional jet, the airline said.

Publicly available information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows that the affected runway and several nearby taxiways are closed.

“While Delta Air Lines Flight 295 was taxiing for departure at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, its wingtip struck the tail of Endeavor Air Flight 5526. Delta's Airbus A350 was en route to Tokyo. The Endeavor Bombardier CRJ900 was en route to Lafayette, Louisiana,” the FAA said in a statement.

The FAA said it is investigating the incident and Delta said it is working with the National Transportation Safety Board “and other authorities” regarding the incident.

Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport in Atlanta was the busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in 2023 and is expected to handle approximately 110 million passengers in 2024, according to Airports Council International's preliminary 2023 rankings released in April.