{"id":24910,"date":"2022-08-03T15:40:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T10:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=24910"},"modified":"2022-08-03T15:44:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T10:14:51","slug":"airplane-tug-crushed-underneath-an-american-airline-at-laguardia-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/03\/airplane-tug-crushed-underneath-an-american-airline-at-laguardia-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Airplane tug crushed underneath an American airline at LaGuardia Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Tugs are good little trucks that tow aircraft from gate to gate or from storage to taxiing areas. They also are relatively tricky to maneuver, as this video from La Guardia Airport on Tuesday clearly shows.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The first video shows the aftermath of the incident; the second video shows how it happened. The tug driver, towing a Boeing 737-800, made a sharp right turn, and the plane&#8217;s momentum caused a jackknife. The 91,000-pound plane had enough momentum to snap the tow bar like a twig, and the jet rolled directly on top of the tug, flattening the cab.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MEBb7o33Ky\">pic.twitter.com\/MEBb7o33Ky<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WhatIsNewYork (@whatisny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whatisny\/status\/1554518935470542848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-american-airlines\"> American Airlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Drive&nbsp;reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com\/homePage.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Airlines<\/a> to confirm the incident and check on the tug driver. An airport official said that &#8220;no reported injuries to team members [but]&nbsp;as a precautionary measure, one team member was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8221; The video shows the tug driver pinned inside the now-demolished cab but without injuries. They had incredibly good reflexes to duck before the plane rolled directly over them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/27\/today-in-aviation-the-deadliest-sknyliv-air-show-accident-in-history-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TODAY IN AVIATION | The Deadliest Sknyliv Air Show Accident In History | EXCLUSIVE<\/a>    <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/31\/vietnam-airlines-to-launch-online-check-in-at-two-australian-airports-begins-on-1-august\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vietnam Airlines to launch online check-in at two Australian airports begins on 1 August<\/a>       <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/26\/airbus-successfully-tested-its-a400m-military-transporter-as-a-water-bomber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Airbus successfully tested its A400M military transporter as a water bomber<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The company also said the plane was empty at the period and was being moved from a hangar to the gate for a departure. After the incident, it was swapped out for another plane, and the underbelly-damaged craft was towed back to a hangar for inspection and repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-miami-to-la-guardia\">Miami to La Guardia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said an investigation into the crash is open, presumably to determine exactly what went wrong to get a jackknife this severe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28ea3a55-3cea-4a89-afa8-29a6c0930b8a-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28ea3a55-3cea-4a89-afa8-29a6c0930b8a-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28ea3a55-3cea-4a89-afa8-29a6c0930b8a-scaled-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28ea3a55-3cea-4a89-afa8-29a6c0930b8a-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28ea3a55-3cea-4a89-afa8-29a6c0930b8a-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28ea3a55-3cea-4a89-afa8-29a6c0930b8a-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28ea3a55-3cea-4a89-afa8-29a6c0930b8a-2048x1152.webp 2048w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28ea3a55-3cea-4a89-afa8-29a6c0930b8a-750x422.webp 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28ea3a55-3cea-4a89-afa8-29a6c0930b8a-1140x641.webp 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>la Guardia airport | Aviationa2z.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The jet in question appears to be&nbsp;N949NN, which last flew from Miami to <a href=\"https:\/\/laguardiaairport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">La Guardia<\/a> on Monday. It&#8217;s unclear what route it was scheduled to fly next and whether the incident caused any delays. However, La Guardia officials approved to&nbsp;The Drive&nbsp;that the incident didn&#8217;t impact operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/02\/air-india-cmd-campbell-wilson-asks-its-operations-control-center-to-cut-flight-delays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aviationa2z.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join our <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Telegram group<\/a> for the latest updates<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airplane tug crushed underneath an American airline at LaGuardia Airport <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6761],"tags":[392,4046,104,124,79,2030,393,6926,81],"class_list":{"0":"post-24910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-airlines-news","9":"tag-airplanes","10":"tag-airport","11":"tag-american-airlines","12":"tag-aviation","13":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","14":"tag-aviation-news","15":"tag-laguardia-airport","16":"tag-latest-aviation-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24910"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24915,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24910\/revisions\/24915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}