A SUPER 80 IS PUSHED BACK AT THE GATE AT MCI; AND HAS A TAILSTRIKE WITH ANOTHER ACFT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE RPTR'S ACFT BEING PUSHED BACK.

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LOCATION: MCI RAMP. DEPARTED GATE ON TIME FOR ORD; RECEIVED 1 HR ATC DELAY. AT XY30 RECEIVED ANOTHER 1 HR DELAY; ORD DOWN TO 1 RWY FOR LNDGS AND MY DELAY WAS ONLY 1 HR FOR NEXT UPDATE AND NO END IN SIGHT. WENT BACK TO GATE XX FOR GAS AND ASKED FOR AN AIR CART FOR AIR- CONDITIONING. MCI CLOSES DUE TO WX; TWR EVACS ALL PERSONNEL. SEND MY GND CREW AWAY UNTIL BETTER WX. AT XZ20 ASKED FOR MY GND CREW AGAIN FOR ENG START. THEY SHOWED UP WITH THE STATION MGR. I MUST BE IN GOOD HANDS. TOLD PWR BACK WITH TAIL NORTH MY L. DID SO VERY SLOWLY DUE TO LOTS OF WORK GOING ON NEAR RAMP. TURNED TAIL AS INSTRUCTED AND STRUCK COMPANY PLANE ON GATE WW TAIL TO TAIL. RECEIVED DEP SALUTE WITH NO MENTION OF THIS. WE WERE USING HAND SIGNALS AT THE TIME DUE TO LIGHTNING IN AREA. UNABLE TO TURN ACFT ONTO TXWY; TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH GND FOR A TAXI AND 180 DEG TURN WHEN ASKED TO CALL COMPANY. TOLD THAT ACFT MAY HAVE HIT ANOTHER PLANE DURING PWRBACK. ASKED TO TAXI BACK TO GATE BB FOR ACFT SWAP AT CC. WANTED TO USE CLOSEST GATE XB BUT NO SECURITY NOW AT ARPT AND IF I DEPLANED THERE PEOPLE COULD NOT RE-ENTER TERMINAL. MOVED PLANE TO GATE BB AND TOLD PEOPLE WE WERE EXPERIENCING A MAINT PROB. EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY FROM THEN ON. RAMP TOLD ME LATER THAT THEY WERE 5 PEOPLE SHORT AND THEY STILL PULLED THIS OFF RELATIVELY WELL SO TO SPEAK. THEY REALLY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY WERE TO HAVE USED A TUG SINCE AN ACFT WAS ON GATE WW. SHUT DOWN ACFT AND MADE NECESSARY LOGBOOK ENTRY.