United hangar collapses at Newark International Airport in Newark. 9/9/15 at 01:30 P.M.
At least four people were hurt, two of them
seriously, when an old United Airlines hangar at Newark Liberty International
Airport collapsed today as it was being prepped for demolition, police said.
Building 332, also known as Hangar 14, which
was no longer in use and not housing any aircraft, sustained the collapse
shortly before 1:30 p.m., said Joe Pentangelo, a Port Authority Police
spokesman.
The four people hurt were workers from a
demolition crew doing preliminary work in advance of Thursday's scheduled
demolition, Pentangelo said. Two of the injuries were minor, and
none life-threatening, he said. All four were taken to University Hospital
in Newark.
A total of nine people were inside the hangar
when it collapsed, and all were accounted for, Pentangelo said.
He could not immediately say how much of the
building or what part of it had caved in. "It was supposed to come down tomorrow
and they were prepping beforehand," Pentangelo said.
The United hanger collapse came one day after the
resignation of the airline's CEO, Jeff Smisek, who
quit Tuesday amid investigations into whether the airline provided service
between Newark Liberty and Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina to
curry favor with then-Port Authority Chairman David Samson, who has a house in
the state.
Source - NJ.Com
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