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What came first.... the Beechcraft or the fuel truck??? <---Just a joke.. NOT Colgans fault!!!
Fuel Truck Hits Plane At Bradley
April 2, 2004
By PAUL MARKS, Courant Staff Writer
WINDSOR LOCKS -- Firefighters at Bradley International Airport responded Thursday night after a fuel truck struck a small passenger plane on a taxiway.
No one was injured in the minor accident, and no fire started, airport spokesman John Wallace said. The airport was closed from 7 to 7:45 p.m. "for precautionary and safety reasons," he said.
The US Airways Express airplane had just arrived from Syracuse, N.Y., about 6:40 p.m., and was on a taxiway when the truck ran into it. The 17 people on board the plane, including two crew members, were not injured. The truck driver refused medical attention, Wallace said.
The plane, a Beechcraft 1900D, was evacuated as a precaution.
One passenger from Rhode Island, who refused to be identified, said he and the others were told the plane's door wouldn't open and were escorted out the emergency window and onto the wing. From there, they jumped onto the pavement 4 or 5 feet below, the passenger said.
"Some employees helped us get off the wing - it was unbelievable," he said, adding that heavy rain was falling at the time. "We were focused on getting out of the plane. Everyone was rushing to get off."
The passenger said the impact occurred as the plane was taxiing toward the gate. "It felt like an explosion. It hit us really hard," he said.
US Airways spokesman David Castelveter, however, said the plane was not moving when it was struck.
The fuel truck, owned by Airport Service International Group, struck the propeller of the left engine and the left side of the fuselage, Castelveter said. The front end of the truck was crumpled.
Wallace said Federal Aviation Administration inspectors were at the scene Thursday night. State Department of Environmental Protection personnel also arrived because of the fuel spill. The amount of fuel spilled was not known.
Firefighters from Windsor Locks, East Granby, Suffield, Windsor and the Connecticut National Guard also responded.
Fuel Truck Hits Plane At Bradley
April 2, 2004
By PAUL MARKS, Courant Staff Writer
WINDSOR LOCKS -- Firefighters at Bradley International Airport responded Thursday night after a fuel truck struck a small passenger plane on a taxiway.
No one was injured in the minor accident, and no fire started, airport spokesman John Wallace said. The airport was closed from 7 to 7:45 p.m. "for precautionary and safety reasons," he said.
The US Airways Express airplane had just arrived from Syracuse, N.Y., about 6:40 p.m., and was on a taxiway when the truck ran into it. The 17 people on board the plane, including two crew members, were not injured. The truck driver refused medical attention, Wallace said.
The plane, a Beechcraft 1900D, was evacuated as a precaution.
One passenger from Rhode Island, who refused to be identified, said he and the others were told the plane's door wouldn't open and were escorted out the emergency window and onto the wing. From there, they jumped onto the pavement 4 or 5 feet below, the passenger said.
"Some employees helped us get off the wing - it was unbelievable," he said, adding that heavy rain was falling at the time. "We were focused on getting out of the plane. Everyone was rushing to get off."
The passenger said the impact occurred as the plane was taxiing toward the gate. "It felt like an explosion. It hit us really hard," he said.
US Airways spokesman David Castelveter, however, said the plane was not moving when it was struck.
The fuel truck, owned by Airport Service International Group, struck the propeller of the left engine and the left side of the fuselage, Castelveter said. The front end of the truck was crumpled.
Wallace said Federal Aviation Administration inspectors were at the scene Thursday night. State Department of Environmental Protection personnel also arrived because of the fuel spill. The amount of fuel spilled was not known.
Firefighters from Windsor Locks, East Granby, Suffield, Windsor and the Connecticut National Guard also responded.
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