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Old Jan 20, 2013, 10:26 am
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737 hits fuel truck in BUF
http://www.weather.com/news/plane-hi...-wind-20130120

A United Airlines 737 got a rude awakening when strong winds turned the nose of the plane into a fuel truck on the tarmac of Buffalo Niagara International Airport Sunday morning.

Thankfully, no passengers or airline staff were on board when the plane hit the fuel truck, and no injuries were reported. More photos of the plane's unlikely accident, sent to The Weather Channel by a pilot who witnessed it, are shown below.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 10:32 am
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A better title: Empty 737 blown into a fuel truck.

A 737 hitting a fuel truck is more worthy of what we saw in Die Hard II.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 10:35 am
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busted up nose cone...Nothing to see here.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 12:02 pm
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Originally Posted by WIRunner
busted up nose cone...Nothing to see here.
Yes, if it was a sUA aircraft we could have seen a clown nose but not with the 737's.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 12:03 pm
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Originally Posted by aacharya
A better title: Empty 737 blown into a fuel truck.
Much more accurate.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 12:07 pm
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It was a tulip fuel truck. I guess CO was serious about getting rid of all the tulips.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 12:10 pm
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Must be AC 3460 a 737-900
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 12:13 pm
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Originally Posted by ncorman
Yes, if it was a sUA aircraft we could have seen a clown nose but not with the 737's.
Like this?: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26670513@N05/5627212425/
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 12:27 pm
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UA 6854 EWR-BUF used to replace accident aircraft. With 6 787's grounded the last thing UA needs is this, especially a 739. How long will the repair take and where will it be done.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 12:37 pm
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Originally Posted by mherdeg
Heh. Unfortunately there are no newer paint scheme nose cones to put on the 737 like in the photo. They have to use the older 1990's paint scheme ones, so it will match.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 12:43 pm
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Someone forgot to turn the parking brake on?
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 2:47 pm
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Originally Posted by channa
It was a tulip fuel truck. I guess CO was serious about getting rid of all the tulips.
That's the first thing I wondered about when I started reading this thread. Always enjoyed seeing that fuel truck with the nice United logo and tulip, regardless of whether or not United operates that truck (pretty sure they don't actually own/operate it.)
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 2:59 pm
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739's fly into BUF! I think that is more of a story. My old ROC get's almost no mainline lovein'
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 3:14 pm
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Originally Posted by ElliottMB
Someone forgot to turn the parking brake on?
FYI, parking brake usually gets released once the aircraft wheels are chocked at the gate during the termination check.

They don't always stay on.
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Old Jan 20, 2013, 5:00 pm
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739's fly into BUF! I think that is more of a story. My old ROC get's almost no mainline lovein'
lol and A320s too!

http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/197...pnews|bc|large

Its been pretty bloody windy up here the last couple days, looks like this was the 739 that flew in from ORD and was parked overnight in BUF.
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