AIRLINE: Shucks! I hope this wasn't one of the refurbished ones! :-( Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass --- "aerotransport.org" <aavrane@xxxxxxx> wrote: > http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=470962 > > > > Alexandre. > AeroTransport Data Bank > http://www.aerotransport.org > > > > David Mueller wrote: > > > > There is a small photo on the article page. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > SOURCE: KARE Minneapolis-St. Paul > > > http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=96791 > > > > Planes Collide at Airport > > > > A Northwest Airlines DC-9 that had reported > hydraulic problems collided > > with another aircraft Tuesday on the ground at > Minneapolis-St. Paul > > International Airport. > > > > Six people were transported to the hospital with > injuries, said Pat > > Hogan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports > Commission. He did not > > know the extent of their injuries. > > > > Northwest Airlines also released a statement > saying several crew members > > were injured, but no passengers were hurt. > > > > The incident happened shortly after 7:30 p.m. > Tuesday. Hogan said the > > DC-9 flying in from Columbus, Ohio, had landed > without incident and was > > taxiing to its gate when it apparently lost > control of steering. The > > plane collided with a Northwest Airbus that was > backing away from a gate > > for takeoff to San Antonio, Texas. > > > > Passengers on both planes were evacuated, Hogan > said. The escape slide > > on the Airbus had been deployed. > > > > After the crash, the DC-9 appeared to be partially > lodged underneath the > > Airbus. The top of the DC-9's cockpit area made > contact with the Airbus' > > wing and was damaged. > > > > Hogan said the National Transportation Safety > Board was investigating, > > and the planes could not be moved until > investigators arrived. The > > planes were not affecting other air traffic. >