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A terrifying moment involving a United Airlines flight landing at Newark Liberty International Airport was caught on camera. On Sunday, the Boeing 767 crossed over the New Jersey Turnpike while landing. During the descent, the Federal Aviation Administration says a tire from the plane’s landing gear struck a street light and then a tractor-trailer. That light pole then struck a Jeep, according to the New Jersey State Police.The driver, who is from Baltimore and was on his way to deliver bread from H&S Bakery to a Newark Airport depot, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airportAircraft landing on one of the main runways at Newark come sailing in, low, over multiple lanes of traffic on the Turnpike, which is one of the most congested parts of Interstate 95. The runway begins a stone’s throw from the edge of the highway.United Airlines Flight 169 was arriving in New Jersey from Venice, Italy, carrying 221 passengers and 10 crew members. No one onboard the plane was injured.The National Transportation Safety Board said an NTSB investigator would arrive in Newark on Monday and that it had directed United to provide the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder for the investigation.A preliminary report was expected within 30 days, the NTSB said.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
A terrifying moment involving a United Airlines flight landing at Newark Liberty International Airport was caught on camera.
On Sunday, the Boeing 767 crossed over the New Jersey Turnpike while landing.
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During the descent, the Federal Aviation Administration says a tire from the plane’s landing gear struck a street light and then a tractor-trailer. That light pole then struck a Jeep, according to the New Jersey State Police.
The driver, who is from Baltimore and was on his way to deliver bread from H&S Bakery to a Newark Airport depot, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport
Aircraft landing on one of the main runways at Newark come sailing in, low, over multiple lanes of traffic on the Turnpike, which is one of the most congested parts of Interstate 95. The runway begins a stone’s throw from the edge of the highway.
United Airlines Flight 169 was arriving in New Jersey from Venice, Italy, carrying 221 passengers and 10 crew members. No one onboard the plane was injured.
The National Transportation Safety Board said an NTSB investigator would arrive in Newark on Monday and that it had directed United to provide the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder for the investigation.
A preliminary report was expected within 30 days, the NTSB said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
