Andrew V. Pestano
The Los Angeles Fire Department said an Aeroméxico passenger
jet taxiing to its gate at the Los Angeles International Airport
collided with a runway utility truck and injured eight people.
The incident occurred Saturday shortly after Aeroméxico
Flight 642 arrived from Mexico City at about 2:30 p.m., the LAFD said.
Though none of the Aeroméxico Boeing 737's about 149 passengers were
injured, all eight employees -- six men and two women -- aboard the
utility truck sustained non-life threatening injuries.
"The two females are more seriously injured, while the males have lesser injuries," the
LAFD said in a statement on Saturday.
The collision caused the truck to overturn near a taxiway and the plane's right wing had minor damage. LAX said it is
investigating the incident. The cause of the collision has not yet been revealed.
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