A United Airlines plane and a service truck collided at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Friday. The incident occurred as Flight 4080 was preparing to leave Gate 26 in Terminal A of the airport around 11:45 a.m., authorities said.
"While pushing back from the gate at Newark Liberty, United Express flight 4080 came in contact with a catering truck," United spokesperson Charles Hobart told Newsweek in a statement.
The statement continued: "There were no reported injuries onboard the aircraft and our customers deplaned normally. We will use a different aircraft to operate the flight later this afternoon and are reviewing the incident with our safety experts and airport officials."
Port Authority spokeswoman Cheryl Ann Albiez told NorthJersey.com that there were 46 people on board the Richmond, Virginia–bound flight. Port Authority Police Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter (ARFF) Unit responded to the incident and helped the truck driver, WNBC reported.
Albiez said that one woman, who was in the truck, was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A source told WNBC that the woman was taken to Beth Israel Hospital in Newark with an injured arm.
Flight tracker FlightView shows the flight was delayed more than four hours. It is now scheduled to arrive around 5:30 p.m. in Richmond.
Images on social media show the catering truck overturned on its side. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told WABC that it is investigating the incident.
In another, unrelated flight incident on Friday, an American woman was dragged off a San Francisco–bound Korean Air flight after allegedly causing a "major disturbance." The woman was caught on video screaming for a "U.S. marshal" and refusing to leave a business class seat despite only paying for economy.
In the video, which was obtained by Korea JoongAng Daily, the woman can also be heard shouting that Korean Air "stole my passport." Crewmembers ultimately were able to remove the woman from the flight.
Korean Air confirmed the flight was delayed for nearly two hours. In a statement to the San Francisco Chronicle, the airline said the captain and crew decided to remove the passenger to "avoid further delay and for the sake of the flight safety." An investigation is underway.
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