The United Airlines plane that hit a light pole while landing at Newark International Airport last month was flying just 19 feet above the busy Jersey Turnpike, an initial investigation showed.
The May 3 flight was cruising below the safe landing path for about three-quarters of a mile before reaching the runway and striking the light pole, the early National Transportation Safety Board report showed.
It was so low it was initially thought that the plane’s landing gear struck a passing tractor-trailer. However, the report showed that the truck was actually hit by debris from the struck light pole, according to CNN.
A Jeep on the highway was also struck by debris, while the driver of the tractor-trailer was injured.
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