A Late-Night Jolt: Air Canada Flight Collides with Airport Vehicle at Newark
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- March 24, 2026
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Air Canada Jet Hits Port Authority Truck on Newark Taxiway
An Air Canada Boeing 767, carrying 286 passengers and crew, was involved in a collision with a Port Authority operations vehicle on a taxiway at Newark Liberty International Airport. While two workers in the truck sustained minor injuries, all passengers and flight crew were thankfully unharmed.
Imagine you’ve just finished a flight, landed safely, and you’re almost at the gate, perhaps already thinking about stretching your legs or grabbing a bite. Then, suddenly, a jolt. That's pretty much what happened to the folks aboard Air Canada Flight AC624 on a Tuesday night at Newark Liberty International Airport.
This particular flight, a Boeing 767 carrying 286 passengers and crew, had just arrived from Toronto. As it was navigating a taxiway, making its way toward the terminal, it collided with an airport operations vehicle – a truck belonging to the Port Authority, to be precise. This unexpected encounter happened around 10:30 PM EST. Quite the jolt, wouldn't you say?
Thankfully, and this is truly the most important bit, none of the passengers or crew on the plane sustained any serious injuries. It must have been a bit of a scare, no doubt, but everyone walked away largely unscathed. The two Port Authority workers inside the truck, however, did report minor injuries. They were, of course, treated for those, but it's a huge relief that things weren't worse for anyone involved.
Following the collision, the aircraft couldn't simply continue on its merry way. It had to be towed to a gate, which, as you can imagine, likely added a bit of time to everyone's journey home or onward connections. Now, as is standard procedure for incidents like this, both the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have stepped in. They'll be thoroughly investigating just what led to this unexpected encounter on the tarmac, looking at all the angles to figure out exactly what happened and why.
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