Crime & Safety
Plane, Catering Truck Collide At Newark Airport; 1 Hurt: Reports
A United Airlines plane with dozens of people aboard reportedly collided with a vehicle at Newark Airport on Friday.
NEWARK, NJ — A United Airlines plane with dozens of people aboard reportedly collided with a vehicle at Newark Airport on Friday. The incident resulted in a minor injury to one person, authorities said.
The plane had 46 people on board when it backed out of its gate at Newark Liberty International Airport around 12:30 p.m. and allegedly collided with a catering truck, PIX 11 reported.
The incident – which took place during takeoff – caused non-life-threatening injuries to a woman in a catering truck but no injuries to the people in the plane, ABC 7 reported.
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BREAKING: United Airlines jet ... with 48 people onboard ... backs into food service truck at #Newark Airport .. driver of truck hurt ... no one on plane injured #nbc4ny #EWR pic.twitter.com/F6RB3bZIKI
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