NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Authorities say a worker was struck and seriously injured by a moving airline propeller at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police department spokesman Joseph Pentangelo says the accident occurred around 2:20 a.m. Saturday in a maintenance area of the airport across from Terminal A. But further details were not immediately available.
The injured woman, a 54-year-old Orange resident who works for United Airlines, was taken to University Hospital with a serious head injury.
Officials say the accident didn’t disrupt airport operations.
Authorities say the plane was not on a runway at the time of the accident, which remains under investigation.
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A United Airlines employee was critically injured early Saturday when she was struck in the head by a spinning airplane propeller at Newark Liberty International Airport, officials said.
The 54-year-old woman, from Orange, NJ, was whacked by the whirling blade opposite the Terminal A maintenance area at around 2:20 a.m., according to a Port Authority Police spokesman.
It was unclear where the woman was standing when the injury occurred.
She was rushed to University Hospital in Newark with a serious head injury, the spokesman said.
The plane was not on a runway at the time of the incident and airport operations were not disrupted.