United Airlines flight hits bakery truck on New Jersey turnpike and then lands safely.

[OZDUCK]

A United Airlines flight landing at Newark Airport hit a bakery truck on the nearby turnpike with its wheels. It landed safely and somehow the truck driver was only slightly injured. I imagine that he was slightly surprised by the accident. Initial reports said that the aircraft had hit a street light.

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JUST IN: United Airlines Flight 169 hits bakery truck while landing at Newark Airport in New Jersey

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United Airlines Boeing 767 jet hits light pole, truck while landing at Newark

FAA and airline are investigating after flight from Italy strikes a pole on the New Jersey Turnpike, damages delivery truck.

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[RooFlyer]

So, now when I hear that noise, I’ll know to duck.

 

[SYD]

So, now when I hear that noise, I’ll know to duck.

Or pay even more attention to “Low flying aircraft” signs!

 

[RooFlyer]

Juan Browne with a lot of info on the flight. Reports crew unaware of the incident until afterwards. And this still:





Not from the flight:

 

[SYD]

Reports crew unaware of the incident until afterwards.

So hit and run?

But I guess we’ll know in due course if it was “Pilot error” or “Equipment failure”. Of course the later can lead to the former…

 

[elanshin]

Heard the driver got away with just minor injuries. Close call but he'll have a story. Not sure how many people can say they got hit by a widebody jetliner...

 

[SYD]

Heard the driver got away with just minor injuries. Close call but he'll have a story. Not sure how many people can say they got hit by a widebody jetliner...

The less the better!

 

[elanshin]

I think there was a second driver that had their car damage by the pole the United flight also hit..

I guess its also a close call with no tyres being punctured or damage to the landing gear at all.

 

[AuSammy]

Heard the driver got away with just minor injuries. Close call but he'll have a story. Not sure how many people can say they got hit by a widebody jetliner...

I would not be qualifying the statement with “widebody” or even jetliner. Not many trucks get hit with no fatalities by any in-flight plane.

 

[tomlee1986]

Heard the driver got away with just minor injuries. Close call but he'll have a story. Not sure how many people can say they got hit by a widebody jetliner...

Yes the driver has minor injuries, and the driver and the bakery company could sue United for damages to themselves and the vehicle... cause the fault is likely to be on United side

 

[stu961]

So hit and run?

But I guess we’ll know in due course if it was “Pilot error” or “Equipment failure”. Of course the later can lead to the former…

I'll be ducking next time I drive past Mascot. On a sadder note my dad use to tell a story about when he was an apprentice at the Hamilton cold stores in Brizzy during WW2. The cold stores were on the river with Eagle Farm (which was a military airbase at the time) directly behind. An American bomber was coming into land and it lost an engine. It clipped the mast of a liberty ship unloading at the cold stores wharf, thankfully then bounced over the wharf, warehouses/cold stores (and my dad) and landed in a paddock between cold stores and the runway. Unfortunately not a good outcome for the crew.