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Crane Used To Move Disabled Southwest Plane On Logan Airport Taxiway

BOSTON (CBS) – Crews used a crane to move a Southwest jet that became disabled on a taxiway at Logan Airport Wednesday morning.

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The disabled jet at Logan Airport (WBZ-TV)

The airport said there was no impact to operations at this time. Logan has seen hundreds of delays and cancellations this week due to a snowstorm and the bitter cold that followed.

Southwest said no passengers were on board the out-of-service jet when the tug being used to position the aircraft hit a patch of ice and struck the plane at about 1 a.m. It remained on the tarmac overnight as maintenance crews assessed potential damage.

Other flyers at Logan snapped photos of the scene.

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(Photo credit: Paul Nutting, Jr.)

Southwest said there were no injuries as a result of the incident.

 

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