Truck crashes into plane at Hopkins airport


CLEVELAND (WJW) — A pickup truck crashed into a plane early Tuesday morning at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the FOX 8 I-Team has learned.

It happened just after 1 a.m., according to information from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

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A city of Cleveland employee who works at the airport was driving the airport-owned pickup truck, according to the patrol.

The truck clipped the wing of a privately owned plane that was parked and unoccupied at the time, according to the patrol.

A person in the vehicle suffered a minor injury, according to a Tuesday statement from the airport. Air traffic was not impacted, officials said.

The airport is now investigating.

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Earlier this month, two commercial airline planes collided while one of them was parked and boarding passengers, FOX 8 News previously reported.

Back in March, the I-Team identified an airport official seen on an airport surveillance camera driving in front of a plane as it was taxiing, forcing it to brake.

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