Crazy video captures moment plane landing at Newark strikes bakery truck
New York Post • • business
Key Points:
- A United Airlines plane struck a bakery truck on the New Jersey Turnpike while landing at Newark Airport, captured in dramatic dashcam footage from inside the truck.
- The truck driver, employed by Baltimore-based H&S Bakery, was singing and relaxed before the plane’s wheel hit the truck window, causing glass to shatter.
- The driver sustained only minor cuts and received treatment at a local hospital, while all 221 passengers and 10 crew members on the flight remained uninjured.
- The Boeing aircraft, arriving from Venice, Italy, safely landed on Runway 29, which runs perpendicular to the Turnpike, where planes typically fly just feet above traffic before touchdown.
- H&S Bakery co-principal Chuck Paterakis remarked on the miraculous nature of the incident, emphasizing the improbability of surviving such a collision.
