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- Dulles' mobile lounges date to 1959 and are criticised as outdated, with 19 vehicles serving more than 20 million passengers annually and a history of 16 accidents from 2007–2017.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
18 people injured in DC people mover crash at Dulles International Airport
(The Hill) -- A mobile lounge hit a dock at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on Monday afternoon, sending 18 people to the hospital. Crystal Nosal, part of the Metro Washington Airports Authority’s (MWAA) media relations office, told The Hill that at roughly 4:30 p.m., the lounge, while taking passengers to Concourse D, struck a dock at an angle as it pulled up to the building. The MWAA oversees IAD and Ronald Reagan Washington Nati…
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…
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