A worker at Chicago O’Hare International Airport was seriously injured on Saturday after a vehicle turning planes and an airplane collided, which made the vehicle returned, officials said.
The collision took place around 7:35 p.m. local time when an Air Wisconsin plane approached a door hit the vehicle, which is also known as a tug, said the Federal Aviation Administration.
“The tug has turned around, pinning the driver below,” said the Chicago police department.
The tug was led by a 64 -year -old man who suffered from the head and low of the body, police announced on Sunday. He was taken into critical condition to defend the Lutheran general hospital, where he was stabilized, police said.
The man exploited the tug for United Airlines, according to the airline.
“We make sure he receives the necessary support and care,” the airline said in a statement.
Air Wisconsin is a regional airline that operates under American Eagle in the Midwest and the East Coast of American Airlines, his parent company.
American Airlines said in a statement on Sunday that after landing the plane, passengers left safely and were taken to a terminal.
The plane, a Bombardier CRJ-200 which can transport up to 50 passengers, had arrived in Chicago from Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport in Michigan, according to American Airlines. No passengers were injured on the plane.
The Aviation Department of Chicago, which runs the airport, said on Sunday that there had been no significant impact on operations in O’Hare due to the collision. The FAA and the Chicago police department said they were investigating.
The episode took place one day after a medical plane crashed near a shopping center in the northeast of Philadelphia, killing the six people on board and a person on the ground, the authorities said.
