Lavatory service truck strikes parked Delta plane at MSP airport

A lavatory service truck struck a Delta plane that was parked at a gate at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Monday, forcing passengers to switch to a new plane.

Representatives from Delta and the Metropolitan Airports Commission confirmed the incident, in which the truck “backed into the underside of a Delta Air Lines aircraft at Gate F1” at 10:23 a.m.

The plane was an Airbus A320 serving Delta flight 1853 from MSP to Spokane, Washington, which was due to depart at 10:35 a.m., but ended up leaving at 11:55 a.m. after a replacement aircraft was brought in…

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