United Airlines Boeing 767 Hits Streetlight and Tractor-Trailer Near Newark Airport During Landing; Dashcam Video Captures Chilling Moment

A chilling dashcam video has captured the exact terrifying moments when a United Airlines Boeing 767 struck a streetlight and a tractor-trailer on a nearby highway while landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in a bizarre and alarming accident on Sunday. The shocking incident has sent shockwaves through the aviation community and raised serious questions about aircraft safety protocols at one of America's busiest airports.

The Boeing 767 was on a transatlantic flight from Venice, Italy, to Newark, carrying more than 200 passengers and 10 crew members when the incident occurred. According to a preliminary investigation, the plane's landing gear tires and the underside of the aircraft first collided with a light pole, which then struck a Jeep on the highway. The landing gear also made contact with a tractor-trailer travelling northbound on the turnpike. US: Toddler Rescued After Riding JetBlue Baggage Belt Toward X-Ray Machine at Newark Airport in New Jersey.

The truck driver, identified as Warren Boardley of Baltimore, was in the middle of delivering bread products to a Newark airport depot for Schmidt Bakery when the aircraft's landing gear came crashing down on his vehicle. Dashcam footage from inside the truck showed Boardley singing casually just seconds before the terrifying impact, with the sound of the plane's engine growing louder before the windshield shattered into shards of glass in an instant.

Plane Hits Truck While Landing at Newark Airport

Boardley sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital, according to New Jersey State Police spokesman SFC Charles Marchan. Remarkably, none of the passengers or crew members aboard the United Airlines flight were injured, and the aircraft landed normally before taxiing to the gate. In a startling revelation, recordings from LiveATC.net indicated that neither the pilots nor air traffic control appeared to be aware that the plane had struck the light pole during landing. Other aircraft continued to land on the same runway for nearly 30 minutes before air traffic controllers reported a hole in the side of the airplane to an operations vehicle sent to inspect the runway. No Radar, No Radio: Chaos at Newark Airport As Controllers Lose Contact for 90 Seconds With Incoming Flights.

United Airlines confirmed that the aircraft landed safely and taxied to the gate normally, adding that the flight crew has been taken off service pending a full investigation. The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to conduct a thorough probe into the incident as authorities work to determine how such a bizarre and dangerous accident occurred at one of the nation's busiest air travel hubs.

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