PHILADELPHIA - February 6, 2013 (WPVI) -- A woman crashed her vehicle through a fence at Philadelphia International Airport overnight, and very nearly smashed into an airliner.
The accident happened just before 2:30 a.m. the small white SUV crashed into a fence surrounding the US Airways maintenance facility near Tinicum Island Way and Scott Way.
The SUV got past the fence and within five feet of a docked Airbus.
Officers rushed to the lot shortly after the call came in. When they arrived they found the driver unharmed.
Authorities say it appears the driver lost control of the SUV but they don't suspect she was under the influence or up to anything else criminal.
Police tell Action News that no one else was in the car and the driver was not taken to the hospital.
The incident remains under investigation.
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A woman lost control of her vehicle car and crashed through a fence at the Philadelphia International Airport, nearly striking a parked plane, police said.
However, no one was hurt and the accident occurred in an area of the airport reserved for planes awaiting maintenance.
Philadelphia police said the crash occurred at Tinicum Island Road and Scott Way about 2:30 a.m., and that no airport passengers were in harms way. No flights were interrupted.
The car came to a halt a few feet from a plane.
Police said they don't know how the woman lost control, but that she is not expected to be charged in the incident.
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