According to Port Authority, the planes sustained minor damage.
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Passengers onboard one plane posted pictures to Twitter, saying, "Well looks like my Florida vacation will be actually be (sic) at Newark Airport because my @Southwest plane just got hit by another plane on the tarmac."
One person says an airline worker was carrying a piece of metal that fell off the plane when the wings clipped. Another, Bryan Rogers of Weehawken, told Eyewitness News that this happened as both planes were de-icing.
No injuries were reported.
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It's still unclear if the incident was weather-related.
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