Baltimore Driver Shaken After Truck Hit by United Jet on New Jersey Turnpike, Father Says
The family says Warren Boardley Jr. suffered blunt force trauma as investigators review dash-cam video and letters seeking answers from United Airlines.
- On Sunday, a United Airlines Boeing 767 struck a light pole and a bakery truck on the New Jersey Turnpike during its approach to Newark Liberty International Airport, injuring driver Warren Boardley, 39.
- Aviation experts describe the approach to Newark as complex, with the aircraft landing on Runway 29 at 6,726 feet—the airport's shortest—where pilots must execute visual approaches with extremely low margin for error.
- Boardley suffered blunt force trauma; his attorney, J. Wyndal Gordon, stated, "We expect there is some negligence there," and sent letters to 10 entities demanding answers about the incident.
- The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident, examining flight operations and air traffic control; United told WBAL-TV 11 News it welcomes dialogue with Boardley and his counsel.
- Investigators arrived in Newark on Monday to examine multiple factors including meteorological conditions and crew resource management, with a preliminary report expected within the next 30 days.
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See new angle of United Airlines plane striking truck
Surveillance footage shows the moment United Flight 169 hit the top of a truck and a streetlight before landing safely at Newark International Airport on Sunday. The driver of the truck sustained minor injuries. No one on the plane was hurt.
A new video has now been released of a wild collision between a plane and a truck on the highway.
'He thought he would be decapitated': Injured Baltimore truck driver's family speaks on crash involving plane
An injured Baltimore bakery truck driver’s family is speaking out after Sunday’s crash involving a United Airlines plane in New Jersey. Warren Boardley Jr. was injured after a plane struck the truck he was driving on the New Jersey Turnpike during the aircraft’s approach to Newark Liberty International Airport. Boardley’s father and the family’s attorney, J. Wyndal Gordon, spoke at a news conference late Tuesday afternoon about the trauma that t…
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