Frontier Airlines plane and bridgeway damaged at Cleveland airport, but no one injured
CLEVELAND,
Ohio -- Airport Director Ricky Smith says there were no injuries in an
incident early this morning in which a Frontier Airlines plane bumped
into a jet bridge at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Smith said the plane landed about 12:29 a.m. and collided with the bridge at Gate A9 at the terminal.
The
airport's operations department got word of the incident about 1:15
a.m., and the airport immediately instituted safety and emergency
measures, Smith said in a statement released in the last half hour.
There was no immediate explanation for the cause of the mishap.
All
passengers and crew were off the aircraft and in the terminal by 2:20
a.m. Passengers had to exit from the rear of the Airbus 319, which had
arrived from Denver. The aircraft and jet bridge both sustained damage,
but no one was injured.
"Frontier is working diligently with
their passengers to keep them informed of the latest information
regarding their flights," Smith said.
Frontier has been busily
adding flights at Hopkins in the wake of United Airlines' dehubbing at
the airport. In June it announced three new nonstops -- to Washington,
Chicago and New York -- bringing to 15 its nonstops out of Cleveland.
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