A United Airlines flight clipped another United plane while taxiing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City Friday evening, according to the air carrier.

United Flight 580, a Boeing 737 arriving from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport with 166 passengers and eight crew members, was taxiing toward its arrival gate when it struck a stationary United plane, the airline said.

The collision damaged the tail of United Flight 434, another Boeing 737 preparing to depart for Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport with 162 passengers and seven crew members on board, United added.

"On Friday evening, United flight 580 was turning into its arrival gate when it made contact with the tail of United flight 434, which was stationary on the taxiway," the airline told FOX Business on Sunday

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