Eight injured as Boeing 737 plane hits truck at Los Angeles International Airport

Two people in the truck were seriously hurt and six others had minor injuries, fire officials said.

An airport utility lorry is overturned after an Aeromexico flight clipped the vehicle, flipping it over, shortly after landing at Los Angeles International Airport. Damian Dovarganes / AP Photo

LOS ANGELES // Eight people were injured on Saturday after an Aeromexico passenger jet clipped a supply lorry shortly after landing at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.

The Boeing 737 was taxiing to a gate and was crossing a service road when the plane’s right wing tip “acted like a hook,” lifted the rear top of the high-profile truck and tipped it over, airport officer Rob Pedregon said.

Two people in the lorry were seriously hurt and six others had minor injuries, fire officials said.

Airport officials said no one was hurt on the flight from Mexico City, which carried 149 passengers and crew. The plane’s wing was damaged in the collision, the city fire department said.

Mr Pedregon said a preliminary investigation has not determined the plane’s and lorry’s speed at the time of the collision or how they came to be so close.

“Someone made a grave mistake, we need to determine who it was,” Mr Pedregon said, adding that the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board were likely to get involved in the investigation.

Mr Pedregon said the lorry belonged to Irving, Texas-based G2 Secure Staff, which provides services for airlines and at airports across the country.

* Associated Press