Ground vehicle hits nose, landing gear of parked jet at BWI; no passengers hurt
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An American Airlines official says a tow vehicle on the ground hit the nose of a parked jet at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport over the weekend, but no passengers were hurt.
Spokesman Kent Powell says 119 passengers on American Flight 140 to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were put on other flights after the Sunday afternoon incident.
Powell says the five-person crew was on the jet during boarding for the flight to Texas when the ground crew was hooking a tow bar to the front gear. He says investigators are trying to determine why the vehicle hit the landing gear and nose cone containing radar equipment.
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No damage estimate was released. The MD-80 was removed from service.
Powell says a contract worker was treated for a minor knee injury.