Video footage posted on X that appeared to be taken from inside a neighbouring plane showed flashing emergency vehicle lights on the tarmac and damage to a jet’s wing. The right wing of one plane collided with the nose of a smaller plane, reports said, citing Air Traffic Control audio.

ABC News spoke to a passenger on one of the planes who said that it had made a hard landing from Charlotte, North Carolina, and then took a quick turn off the runway with the pilot slamming on the brakes. The collision happened at that point and there are no reported injuries, ABC said.

It’s the latest in a string of incidents at LaGuardia in recent months that have raised safety concerns. In March, a Delta jet’s wing struck the runway during a landing attempt, prompting a go‑around and a Federal Aviation Administration investigation.

Federal investigators are also probing a May runway close call in which a Republic Airways jet aborted takeoff to avoid collision with another aircraft on the same runway.

The incident comes just hours after a letter signed by more than 50 industry and labour groups including the International Air Transport Association warned that a US government shutdown would threaten aviation safety.

“The air traffic controller and technician staffing shortage continues to be a critical problem, and a shutdown would make this problem worse by delaying an already-lengthy hiring and training process,” the letter said.