Airport Personnel Quickly Respond to Scene of Plane-Truck Incident

A Pittsburgh International Airport fire rescue team responded quickly Monday after a provisioning truck struck a parked Southwest Airlines plane.

“It initially came in as a medical call on the ramp,” said Deputy Fire Chief Tom Bonura, the first airport responder on scene. “When I arrived on scene, I saw that it had also struck the plane.”

The Southwest truck, which stocks the plane with food, made contact with the aircraft parked at gate A1 just before 10:30 a.m. Monday, airport and airline officials said.

There were no other injuries and the driver was transported to a local hospital. Passengers deplaned and were rebooked on other flights. The aircraft was a Boeing 737-800 scheduled to operate Flight 157 to Denver with 174 passengers on board and six crew members.

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