Truck drives into aircraft wing - photo

**Altair** · Apr 16, 2020, 09:51 PM

Truck drives into the wing of a parked Boeing 727.

Previously:

Truck drives into spinning helicopter blades - GIF
Fuel truck hits two airplane wings - GIF
Colliding skydiver planes - GIF and video

**hemmjo** · Apr 17, 2020, 06:03 PM

It is difficult to image how a driver could do that. How could the driver NOT SEE that big wing right in front of him? I wonder if the plane was pushed back into the truck?

**JoeVanGeaux** · Apr 17, 2020, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

It is difficult to image how a driver could do that. How could the driver NOT SEE that big wing right in front of him? I wonder if the plane was pushed back into the truck?

I think you're right. It appears the truck may have entered the scene, the driver exited and subsequently the plane was pushed back into the truck while the driver was tending to some duty (the truck's lamps were still on).

If the truck was driven into the wing, there would be evidence of how the driver exited or how he/she would have been extracted. The passenger side doesn't look seem to be a likely alternate exit, either.

**Karl_H** · Apr 18, 2020, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

It is difficult to image how a driver could do that. How could the driver NOT SEE that big wing right in front of him? I wonder if the plane was pushed back into the truck?

If the plane was being pushed back, how could the aircraft marshals NOT SEE that big truck on the tarmac?

**hemmjo** · Apr 18, 2020, 05:34 AM

Originally Posted by Karl_H

If the plane was being pushed back, how could the aircraft marshals NOT SEE that big truck on the tarmac?

I wish we knew the real story.... by any assessment, someone messed up big time!!!!

**MiTasol** · Apr 18, 2020, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

It is difficult to image how a driver could do that. How could the driver NOT SEE that big wing right in front of him? I wonder if the plane was pushed back into the truck?

Nope - aircraft was parked. See https://cdllife.com/2020/trucker-hau...with-airplane/ for other photos and more detail

**buckeye1** · Apr 18, 2020, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

It is difficult to image how a driver could do that. How could the driver NOT SEE that big wing right in front of him? I wonder if the plane was pushed back into the truck?

No skid marks on the pavement. I think your right OR the plane turned and hit the truck. At any rate, the truck wasn't moving. Only a SWIFT driver would run into a plane!!!!!!

**MiTasol** · Apr 19, 2020, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by buckeye1

No skid marks on the pavement. I think your right OR the plane turned and hit the truck. At any rate, the truck wasn't moving. Only a SWIFT driver would run into a plane!!!!!!

From one of the many press reports - this one includes other photos of the truck

Trucker hauling racehorses hurt after colliding with airplane
Wishing the driver a quick recovery.

By Ashley -March 13, 2020

A truck driver hauling horses was injured yesterday after a collision with a plane at a Kentucky airport.

The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, at the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky.

According to airport spokesperson Amy Caudill, a truck hauling a horse trailer on an airport ramp collided with a Boeing 727 owned by Tex Sutton Equine Air Transportation, causing the wing of the aircraft to go through the cab of his truck.

The truck driver was transported to the hospital. His condition is unknown.

Caudill said that three other people “in the back of the truck” were uninjured.

The two racehorses on the truck were also unhurt.

Airport officials say that trucks are allowed on airport ramps in order to transport horses directly from the plane to the trailer.

The two horses on board the truck are still set to race in the Jeff Ruby Stakes in Florence, Kentucky, on Saturday.

The incident remains under investigation.

You can bend steel, but you can’t bend The Stiff…your everyday “one semi, one 747” fender bender. Sending good thoughts to our driver… pic.twitter.com/2crhaCCr8H

— Michael W. McCarthy (@mwmracing) March 12, 2020

**Duke_of_URL** · Apr 18, 2020, 08:15 AM

Trucks run into aircraft all the time, but usually it's the food trucks, baggage carts, refueling trucks, or de-icing booms that hit them. In this case the truck was probably worth more than the aircraft.

**jackhoying** · Apr 18, 2020, 11:07 AM

I witnessed a box truck drive into a wing of a Navy A6 at the Dayton, Ohio airshow years ago. The wing cleared the cab, but pushed into the truck box. Not a lot of damage to the plane, but the Navy guys were not happy about being stuck in an Air Force town for a few days until repairs and inspections were made.