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Taxiing airliner and truck collide at LAX

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A supply truck and a taxiing airliner collided at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday, causing the truck to flip over.

All eight employees in the truck were hurt, but none of the injuries was life-threatening, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The crash occurred shortly after Aeromexico Flight #642 from Mexico City landed. A wing of the Boeing 737 was damaged, but there was no fuel spill or fire.

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None of the 146 people aboard the plane was hurt.

bettina.boxall@latimes.com

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