Truck driver injured as United Airlines plane clips vehicle while approaching Newark Airport
Boeing 767 from Venice, Italy, struck truck and streetlight before landing safely with 231 passengers and crew
Auf einen Blick
- A United Airlines Boeing 767 from Venice, Italy, clipped a truck and streetlight while approaching Newark Airport in New Jersey on Sunday, lightly injuring the truck driver.
- The plane landed safely with 231 passengers and crew uninjured.
- The driver was treated for glass injuries to his arm and hand.
KI-generierte Zusammenfassung
A truck driver has been lightly injured after a United Airlines plane clipped his vehicle and a streetlight as it approached Newark Airport in New Jersey on Sunday. The Boeing 767, operating a flight from Venice, Italy, managed to land safely, with no reported injuries among the 231 passengers and crew on board. One of the plane's tyres appears to have gone through one of the truck's windows and windscreen, the driver's employers told CBS News, the BBC's US news partner. In dash camera footage from the truck, the sound of a low-flying plane can be heard, and it shows the impact which sent glass flying everywhere. The driver was treated for injuries from glass in his arm and hand. United Airlines said in a statement it would "conduct a rigorous flight safety investigation into the incident and our crew has been removed from service as part of this process".
