MARCH 10, 2015
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
At least one person was injured getting off a plane at
Orlando International Airport on Tuesday when a tug hit the jetbridge,
officials said.
United Airlines Flight 1294 from Houston arrived at OIA Gate
44 at 10:37 a.m. and as passengers were getting off the plane, the jetbridge
was hit, according to OIA officials.
The tug driver, who is not an OIA employee but a company
contracted through United Airlines, suffered an injury to the leg and was taken
to the hospital. OIA officials said a child in the jetway bumped his head, but
his parents refused medical treatment for the child.
A passenger told Local 6 the pilot came over the speaker and
said that there was an accident and a couple people were injured.
"They stopped us and said that they had an
emergency," said passenger Veronica Garcia. "That somebody got
hurt."
Passengers waited for a new jetbridge to be brought so they
could get off of the plane and were taken to a new gate.
"Just a freak accident happened and that we had to wait
awhile until we got off," Garcia said.
A tug is a vehicle that latches on to the front of the
airplane and pulls it at the airport.
The jetbridge involved in the crash was taken out of service
and replaced, officials said.