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Is this a case of bullying on the runway? See amazing video of an airplane fender bender.

A tight squeeze while taxiing turned into quite a wreck Monday night at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

A super jumbo jet clipped a small commuter plane while taxiing Monday night. The Air France airbus was prepping for takeoff to Paris when its wing collided with the tail of a Comair commuter jet. The double-decker jumbo jet, whose wingspan measures a whopping 80 meters (262 feet), misjudged its taxiing space, driving its left wing into the tail of the other plane.

The tiny Bombardier aircraft, run by Delta Connection, couldn't hold its weight in the collision — it spun nearly 90 degrees as the Air France flight continued down the runway. The 62 passengers aboard the pint-sized plane had just arrived from Boston and were given quite a scare. But ABC News reports the pilots seemed more frustrated than scared: "Roll emergency trucks," the pilot of the Comair flight radioed. "We've been hit by — ugh — Air France."

Fortunately the only damage was superficial, with no passengers sustaining injuries. But the 520 Paris-bound passengers had to return to the terminal while the clearly damaged plane was taken out of commission.

• Nick Carbone