A Virgin Atlantic plane was grounded at New York’s John F Kennedy airport after its wing hit a fence before take-off.

The Heathrow-bound aircraft was being pushed by a vehicle from a departure gate when its wing hit a blast fence around 8.30am local time.

There were no reported injuries, and the passengers are being rebooked by the airline, he said. The passengers disembarked the plane and boarded a bus back to the terminal, according to Port Authority.

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A passenger who tweeted a picture of the incident wrote: “noooooo!!”

A Virgin Atlantic flight reverses into a blast fence at JFK airport in New York.

Supermodel Bella Hadid was apparently on the flight also.

Virgin Atlantic responded to the frustrated passengers on Twitter claiming the incident happened because “the tug miscalculated things” while the plane was taxiing, causing the damage. She said the plane had returned to the gate and that Virgin is working to get customers on their way.

Flight 26 was scheduled to depart for London at 8:15 a.m.