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United Airlines 747 struck by van on LA airport taxiway

Thursday, October 5, 2000 )2000 Associated Press

URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2000/10/05/state1938EDT0363.DTL

(10-05) 16:38 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A maintenance van struck a United Airlines Boeing 747 moving on an airport taxiway Thursday, knocking the vehicle on its side.

No one aboard the Hong Kong-bound jet was hurt but three workers in the United Airlines van were sent to a hospital for examination.

United Flight 1, carrying 346 passengers and 21 crew members, was about to move onto a Los Angeles International Airport runway when the van hit an engine, officials said.

``We don't know how the incident occurred. It's rather unusual so we will investigate,'' said Matt Triaca, a United Airlines spokesman.

The van leaked less than a half-gallon of gasoline onto the taxiway, but there was no fire, said Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey.

The passengers were taken off the plane and kept at the gate. United officials were trying to find another aircraft to take the passengers to Hong Kong.

The extent of the damage to the aircraft and the van was not immediately clear.

)2000 Associated Press

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-- Doris (reaper@pacifier.com), October 06, 2000


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