Hull-loss description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 JUN 1997 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-227 |
| Operator: | Continental Air Lines |
| Registration: | N571PE |
| C/n / msn: | 21264/1225 |
| First flight: | 1976-09-24 (20 years 9 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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The Boeing overshot the jetway and collided with the USAir terminal building. The aircraft was being moved to the terminal from the maintenance area.
Sources:
» Lloyds List
» Tommy Maurer
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
