United Airlines plane hits truck while coming in to land at Newark airport - BERITAJA

A New Jersey motortruck driver came distant pinch only insignificant injuries aft his conveyance was deed by a United Airlines rider level arsenic it came successful to onshore astatine Newark airdrome connected Sunday afternoon, according to aggregate U.S. media reports.

The New Jersey State Police told The Associated Press that a landing tyre and the plane’s underside struck the truck, and that a ray rod besides deed a Jeep connected the engaged road moving adjacent to the airport.

Dashcam footage reportedly recorded from wrong the truck, which belongs to Baltimore-based H&S Bakery, according to Beritaja and the Guardian, captured the infinitesimal it was struck by the aircraft.

The driver could beryllium seen looking complete his enarthrosis moments earlier the level strikes.

He was taken to the infirmary pinch insignificant injuries and later released, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, said, the AP reported.

Chuck Paterakis, elder vice-president of proscription and logistics astatine the Baltimore business, told CBS News that the driver was connected his measurement to a bakery depot successful Newark and was adjacent to exiting the road erstwhile the motortruck was clipped by the descending aircraft.

Meanwhile, the hose said nary of the 221 passengers aliases 10 unit members aboard United Airlines Flight 169 from Venice, Italy, were injured, the AP reported.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the Boeing 767 craft landed safely aft it “came into interaction pinch a ray pole” connected its last attack to Newark, the agency added.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill said successful an X post that she was alert of the incident.

“I’ve been briefed connected the incident involving United Flight 169 astatine Newark Liberty International Airport. I’m grateful the craft landed safely, and each passengers and unit are unharmed,” she wrote.

Planes landing astatine Newark glide successful debased complete aggregate lanes of postulation connected the New Jersey Turnpike, 1 of the about congested parts of Interstate 95. The runway originates a stone’s propulsion from the separator of the highway.

Port Authority officials confirmed to U.S. media that an entity was deed and that a transportation motortruck driving connected the turnpike astatine the clip was besides damaged.

Airport unit observed minimal harm to the craft and inspected the runway for debris earlier normal operations resumed, the agency said.

United said its attraction squad was evaluating harm to the craft and that the unit had been removed from work while it conducted a “rigorous” formation information investigation.

The National Transportation Safety Board said an NTSB interrogator would get successful Newark connected Monday and that it had directed United to supply the cockpit sound recorder and the formation information recorder for the investigation.

A preliminary study was expected wrong 30 days, the NTSB said.

— pinch files from The Associated Press