Midnight Mike
2007-06-11, 01:35 AM
Sun, Jun. 10, 2007
Plane strikes truck at MIA
By EVAN S. BENN
An American Airlines flight at Miami International Airport hit a catering truck while the plane was being pushed back from its gate Sunday night, airport and airline spokesmen said.
No one was injured in the incident, but both the plane and the truck sustained considerable damage, American Airlines spokesman Tim Wagner said.
''There was some extensive damage to the bottom part of the aircraft and to the top of the truck,'' Wagner said.
There were 202 passengers and 12 crew members aboard Flight 68, a Boeing 767-300 scheduled to depart for Barajas Airport in Madrid at 6:15 p.m. The flight pushed back from the gate about 7:30 p.m., according to aviation website flightstats.com.
A tractor was helping to push the plane onto the tarmac when it struck the catering truck behind the aircraft, Wagner said.
''We have to review the videotape from the gate, and I'm not trying to assign blame, but in general the aircraft has the right-of-way,'' Wagner said.
Passengers might have felt ''a bump'' from the impact, he said. They returned to the terminal and were waiting for the airline to try to find another plane to take them to Spain.
Wagner said it was unclear how much it would cost to fix the damaged plane.
Plane strikes truck at MIA
By EVAN S. BENN
An American Airlines flight at Miami International Airport hit a catering truck while the plane was being pushed back from its gate Sunday night, airport and airline spokesmen said.
No one was injured in the incident, but both the plane and the truck sustained considerable damage, American Airlines spokesman Tim Wagner said.
''There was some extensive damage to the bottom part of the aircraft and to the top of the truck,'' Wagner said.
There were 202 passengers and 12 crew members aboard Flight 68, a Boeing 767-300 scheduled to depart for Barajas Airport in Madrid at 6:15 p.m. The flight pushed back from the gate about 7:30 p.m., according to aviation website flightstats.com.
A tractor was helping to push the plane onto the tarmac when it struck the catering truck behind the aircraft, Wagner said.
''We have to review the videotape from the gate, and I'm not trying to assign blame, but in general the aircraft has the right-of-way,'' Wagner said.
Passengers might have felt ''a bump'' from the impact, he said. They returned to the terminal and were waiting for the airline to try to find another plane to take them to Spain.
Wagner said it was unclear how much it would cost to fix the damaged plane.