US Edition18 people injured in DC people mover crash at Dulles International Airport
Eighteen passengers suffered non-life-threatening injuries when a people mover struck a terminal dock at Dulles Airport, which has 19 mobile lounges in operation.
- On Monday around 4:30 p.m., a mobile lounge at Washington Dulles International Airport struck a terminal dock, sending 18 people to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Dulles' mobile lounges date to 1959 and are criticised as outdated, with 19 vehicles serving more than 20 million passengers annually and a history of 16 accidents from 2007–2017.
- Passengers deboarded via stairs and were evaluated by Airports Authority Fire & Rescue, while dispatch audio from Broadcastify indicated roughly 50 people onboard.
- Images and officials reported terminal interior damage, including an interior doorway with bent frame and debris, but airport officials said Dulles remains open and operating normally.
- Investigators are examining the crash cause, which remains undetermined, amid a government shutdown and a federal order to reduce air traffic by 10% at 40 airports including Dulles.
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At least 18 hospitalized after mobile lounge crashes at Dulles Airport
A mobile lounge crashed while shuttling passengers at Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday afternoon, the airport said, on a day when major airports around the country continued to grapple with government shutdown-related disruptions.
The accident occurred at Dulles International Airport when a passenger transport hit a boarding dock
Washington Dulles airport transport vehicle slams into dock, 18 hospitalized – Democratic Accent
A mobile lounge, also known as a people mover, struck a dock at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Monday, sending 18 passengers to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. when the vehicle hit a dock at an angle as it was pulling up to Concourse D, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA). The dock is where the vehicle stops to let passe…
A vehicle carrying passengers at an airport in the Washington, D.C. area crashed into a building pier on Monday afternoon, sending 18 people to the hospital, authorities said. A transport vehicle, which transports passengers between the terminal and the plane, crashed into the boarding pier around 4:30 p.m. at Washington Dulles International Airport, as it approached the building, according to the Washington Metropolitan Airport Authority in a s…
18 people hurt after Dulles mobile lounge people mover crashes into concourse
A mobile lounge at Washington Dulles International Airport crashed into a concourse dock, sending 18 people to the hospital on Monday afternoon, authorities say. Passengers were forced to evacuate using the people mover’s stairs. The vehicle was shuttling passengers to Concourse D when it “struck the dock at an angle as it was pulling up to the building” at about...
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