‘A major catastrophe was avoided by feet’: A United Airlines plane hits a truck and light pole while landing at Newark airport

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A United Airlines jet came dangerously close to disaster Sunday when it hit a semitrailer truck and light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike as it came in to land at Newark Liberty International Airport. “A major catastrophe was avoided by feet,” said safety expert Steve Arroyo, who landed on that same short runway many times during […]

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