Plane with 221 passengers on board hits a light pole and a truck on a highway during landing

A United Airlines Boeing 767 struck a light pole during landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in the US state of New Jersey. Flight UA169 left Venice with 221 passengers and 10 crew members on …

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Plane with 221 passengers on board hits a light pole and a truck on a highway during landing

A United Airlines Boeing 767 struck a light pole during landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in the US state of New Jersey. Flight UA169 left Venice with 221 passengers and 10 crew members on board: it nevertheless landed safely shortly after 2pm local time on Sunday 3 May (8pm in Italy), reporting only minor damage to the aircraft.

The Federal Aviation Administration, the government agency that deals with civil aviation in the United States, said it had opened an investigation to precisely reconstruct the dynamics of the accident. The impact also hit the van of a bakery which was traveling on the motorway near the airport runway at the time.

“The wheel of the plane against the window of a van”

“The wheel of the airliner crashed into the driver’s window of the H&S bakery van – explained Chuck Paterakis, senior vice president of the company -. The driver suffered minor stab wounds”. The video taken by a camera on board the vehicle was published on X.

Runway 29 of the airport is only one hundred and twenty meters from the very busy New Jersey Turnpike, a system of controlled access toll roads in the US state of New Jersey, and it is not uncommon to see planes flying at low altitude.

Investigations underway

“United Flight 169 came into contact with a utility pole. The aircraft landed safely, reached the gate normally, and there were no injuries to passengers or crew. Our maintenance team is assessing damage to the aircraft and we will investigate how this occurred,” the airline said in a statement.

Jack Williams

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