A taxiing airplane’s wing struck a United Airways tug driving at Chicago O’Hare Worldwide Airport, flipping the automobile over and pinning the motive force beneath it, police mentioned.
“The sufferer and driver of the tug, a 64-year-old male, was transported to Lutheran Basic Hospital in vital situation the place he has been stabilized,” Chicago Police mentioned in a press release. “The sufferer sustained head and decrease physique accidents.”
United recognized the person as an worker, including that the airline was “making certain he receives any vital assist and care.”
The tug had been trying to cross a runway at about 7 p.m. Saturday when it was struck, based on police and the Chicago Division of Aviation. Tugs are floor autos that assist transfer plane, together with serving to them park, whereas they’re on the bottom.
The airplane that struck the tug had flown in from Kalamazoo, Michigan, as American Eagle flight 6181, which was operated by Air Wisconsin, based on American Airways.
“Nothing is extra essential than the protection of our clients and workforce members, and we’re reviewing this incident,” American mentioned in a press release.
Not one of the crew members or passengers on the airplane had been injured, the airline mentioned, including, “Prospects deplaned safely and had been transported to the terminal.”
Air Wisconsin is an air service affiliated with American Eagle, which is American Airways’ regional service community.
