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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

SkyWest Jet, Mx Truck Collide At O’Hare

Federal investigators are looking into the cause of a collision last Saturday between a SkyWest Airlines regional jet and a pick up truck at O’Hare as the aircraft was moving on a closed runway from a maintenance hangar to Terminal 2. The incident occurred at 4:49 a.m., according to FAA Spokesperson Elizabeth Isham Cory, who said two maintenance workers were taxiing the aircraft to the gate. There were no passengers on board but the driver of the truck and the two maintenance workers were treated at a local hospitals. SkyWest indicated there was surveillance footage of the incident but visibility was impaired leaving the responsibility for the accident in question. Investigators expect it will take several weeks to determine what happened.

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