The incident happened Wednesday morning while the aircraft were moving on different taxiways, according to an FAA spokesperson.

It felt like we hit a pothole. Some people felt it, some didn’t. Nonetheless, a few minutes later, the pilot got on the PA and said that we had tail strike,” Lewis said.

An American Airlines plane bumped into a parked plane during pushback at Philadelphia International Airport on Sunday. The tail of American Airlines flight 3161 heading to Miami "made contact with ...