Planes Backed Into Each Other Leaving The Gates Passengers aboard two Southwest Airlines flights were forced to change planes earlier this week after the airplanes clipped each other while leaving the gates at Baltimore’s Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). According to both the FAA and Southwest Airlines, during pushback, Southwest flights 1048 to Connecticut and 562 to Houston backed into each other and caused minor damage to both wingtips. Southwest said the planes were immediately removed from service. The air carrier said no passengers were injured, and an internal review is underway.
