Two commercial airliners clipped each other at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday, causing no injuries, according to Federal Aviation Administration officials.

According to the FAA, the wing of an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 hearing to Los Angeles struck the tail of a United Boeing 787 heading to Honolulu just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday as both planes were taxiing on different runways.

“It felt like we hit a pothole. Some people felt it, some didn’t. Nonetheless, a few minutes later, the pilot got on the PA and said that we had a tail strike,” Sean Lewis, a reporter for local news outlet WGN and a passenger on one of the planes, said after the incident.

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