Two planes operated by a Delta subsidiary have collided on the runway at New York’s LaGuardia airport

According to the local port authority, the incident involving two Endeavor Air jets occurred on Thursday as one was landing and the other about to take off.

Reports have it that One person was taken to the  hospital after suffering some non-life threatening injuries.

Images shared by US media, showed damage to the nose of one of the jets.

The port authority said operations at LaGuardia, one of the United States’ busiest airports, were not interrupted.