( CNN ) -- Passengers on an American Eagle flight arriving at Chicago 's O'Hare airport got an unexpected jolt Wednesday when the right wing of a Boeing 747 cargo plane taxiing for departure clipped the tail of the commuter plane . None of the 18 passengers and three crew members was injured , an American Eagle spokeswoman said . American Eagle Flight 4265 , an Embraer-140 , had just arrived from Springfield , Missouri , and was taxiing to the gate when the incident occurred around 1 p.m . The 747 cargo plane involved in the collision , operated by EVA Airways , was heading to Anchorage , Alaska . All passengers got off the smaller plane while officials inspected the damage to both , according to American Eagle spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan . O'Hare airport is the sixth busiest passenger airport in the world , according to the latest data available from Airport Council International , a trade organization representing airports . The Chicago Tribune reported last year that federal officials launched an investigation focused on O'Hare airport after numerous mistakes made by air traffic controllers . The paper said the majority of errors involved failing to keep proper distance between planes on the ground and in the air . CNN 's Aaron Cooper contributed to this report .
A Boeing 747 's wing clips the tail of a much smaller Embraer-140 . The smaller plane carried 18 passengers ; the larger one was a cargo jet . No one was injured .