Plane has crashed into a deicing truck on the runway
US authorities said Alaska Airlines Flight 769 collided with the truck at 7pm on Friday.
Its left wing smashed into the vehicle’s basket as the plane was reversing out before take-off.
The aircraft was being deiced at the time because of the adverse weather.
Passengers had noticed the plane was about to hit the truck but, according to WCVB, their yells were not heard.
Jessica Zewski, who was onboard, said: ‘They stopped the plane and they eventually came over the speaker and said they had an incident with the truck.’
None of the passengers were injured and they eventually flew to San Diego, California, on Saturday morning.
The injured man in the deicing truck was rushed to hospital.
Writer: Jimmy Nsubuga for Metro.co.uk
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