Delta Airlines Flight 442 Ground Collision at JFK (N3762Y)

Incident Overview and Location On August 9, 2016, at 2100 eastern daylight time, Delta Airlines Flight 442 was parked at a gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in Queens, New York. The aircraft, a Boeing 737 with registration N3762Y, was in the process of boarding passengers when a catering truck collided with it. The flight was operating as a regularly scheduled passenger service from JFK to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) in Salt Lake City, Utah, under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121. The weather conditions at the time were reported as night visual conditions. The impact caused substantial damage to the lower left fuselage of the airplane. No injuries were reported among the six crewmembers, 160 passengers, or two ground service personnel present. According to the ground crew, the catering truck experienced problems with its handbrake and jumped the chock, which led to the collision with the aircraft.