May 10, 2005

Airport Fender Bender

(Filed under: News)

Two airplanes collided at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport this evening in what appears to be a minor on-the-ground fender-bender. One plane lost its steering and plowed into another parked plane. Some injuries reported, possibly critical. No major details yet.

Of course UPN-29 seemed to think it was breaking news--enough to cut into prime time programming and stand there--uh--telling us a couple airplanes crashed and we--uh--don't know anything. After some lame gesticulating they finally showed some live helicopter footage of two parked planes and a whole bunch of emergency vehicles. They did point out that the emergency slides were deployed, which is--uh--big news.

Apparently it's not the only recent accident at the airport: a tanker truck crashed into a plane after the driver blacked out.

Update: The Star Trib finally has a report on the accident, though apparently they're just watching TV like the rest of us.

Update: And the full story.

Posted by kevin at May 10, 2005 8:30 PM

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