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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Josh Marcus

New video shows how close United flight came to disaster as wheels skim truck in Newark landing

A new video appears to capture the moment an incoming United Airlines flight clipped a light pole and semi-truck as it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday.

In the video, which has circulated widely on social media but has not been officially confirmed by authorities, United flight 169 can be seen flying in low into Newark, coming perilously close to a passing truck on the New Jersey Turnpike.

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