United plane strikes light pole, tractor-trailer on NJ Turnpike while landing at Newark Airport: officials
A United Airlines flight from Venice, Italy, struck a light pole and a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike while landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday afternoon. The plane landed safely and taxied to the gate without injury to the 221 passengers or 10 crew members. The tractor-trailer driver was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and the flight crew was removed from service pending investigation.
- ▪United Airlines Flight 169 hit a light pole and a tractor-trailer while landing at Newark Airport.
- ▪The aircraft landed safely and no passengers or crew were injured.
- ▪The tractor-trailer driver was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- ▪The flight crew was removed from service pending an investigation.
- ▪Runway 29 at Newark Airport runs perpendicular to the New Jersey Turnpike, requiring planes to fly low over the highway.
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Metro United plane strikes light pole, tractor-trailer on NJ Turnpike while landing at Newark Airport: officials By Caitlin McCormack Published May 3, 2026, 9:41 p.m. ET A United Airlines plane clipped a light pole and a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike while landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday afternoon, officials said. United Airlines Flight 169 descended onto the runway at Newark Airport just before 2 p.m. Sunday — and struck a light pole along the turnpike in the process, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. A spokesperson for the airline assured that the Boeing aircraft, which embarked from Venice, Italy, “landed safely” and “taxied to the gate normally” despite the apparent hiccup.
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