United Airlines Plane Hits Truck on Turnpike and Light Pole While Landing In Newark

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The plane managed to land safely and none of the 200 plus passengers or crew were injured. The driver of the delivery truck was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, then released. The pole fell on a car and injured that driver. That could have been a major catastrophe. Of course the FAA and NTSB are investigating. It seems like everyday for the past several weeks there have been scary near misses. Of course there was the recent fatal collision of a plane and fire truck at LaGuardia that killed two pilots.
Here is the video report:
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/...nes-plane-hits-bakery-truck-landing-132628890
 
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robin416 said:
Damn. I stopped flying more than 30 years ago. Now I have to be concerned driving past an airport?

I'm still absorbing the fact that everyone is OK.
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Thought I saw where the driver was ok and his cargo(bread) was in pretty good shape all factors being.

Just saying wasn't there a plane or flight route called 'The Clipper'
 
I can only guess that the pilot flying the plane “did not” follow the ILS.
Had he followed the ILS, the plane would not have been low enough to strike the light pole or the bread truck.
 
oldman said:
I can only guess that the pilot flying the plane “did not” follow the ILS.
Had he followed the ILS, the plane would not have been low enough to strike the light pole or the bread truck.
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I saw something that implied he/she wasn't following the ILS. They have been known to go down.
 
Someone is going to have to write some very big checks. 😉🤭😂

I was wondering if this might have been the pilot’s first time landing at that airport or runway. 🤔

Thankful that everyone came out of it alive.
 
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