A vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike was struck by a United Airlines jet that was landing Sunday at Newark Liberty International Airport
The underside of the Boeing 76-400 struck a light pole and a tractor-trailer at about 2 p.m., according toReuters.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Flight 169 was arriving from Venice, Italy.
“Our maintenance team is evaluating damage to the aircraft,” a United representative said.
“We will conduct a rigorous flight safety investigation into the incident and our crew has been removed from service as part of the process,” the representative said.
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said no injuries were reported on the plane. After a search for debris on the runway, airport operations resumed.
The FAA and the the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the accident.
A preliminary investigation shows a tire from the plane’s landing gear and the underside of the plane “collided with a pole and a tractor-trailer. The pole then struck a Jeep,” New Jersey State Police representative Sgt. Charles Marchan said in a statement, according toCNN.
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