Overview
- A United Airlines Boeing 767 arriving from Venice struck a streetlight and the top of a truck under the final approach to Newark’s Runway 29, then landed and taxied to the gate.
- The truck driver sustained cuts from shattered glass and was taken to a hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening.
- A dashcam in the truck captured the impact, and controllers later reported a hole in the jet’s side after arrival, according to CNN.
- United removed the flight crew from duty and dispatched a maintenance team to inspect the nearly 24-year-old aircraft for damage.
- The National Transportation Safety Board is sending an investigator to recover the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for analysis.