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| Date: | Friday 21 June 2024 |
| Time: | 06:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-823 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N862NN |
| MSN: | 30905/3475 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Greensboro/High Point-Piedmont Triad International Airport, NC (GSO) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Greensboro/High Point-Piedmont Triad International Airport, NC (GSO/KGSO) |
| Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
American Airlines flight AA1716 , a Boeing 737-823, was damaged when a garbage truck struck the winglet the aircraft during boarding at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Sources:
FAA
https://abc45.com/news/local/garbage-truck-clips-american-airlines-plane-at-pti-airport-wake-forest-basketball-coach-steve-forbes-passenger-delay-dallas-fort-worth
Media:
Here is a new one for those of us who travel by air. Sitting on the plane in Greensboro preparing to depart. Plane begins to violently shake. Is it an earthquake?!?! Nope, just a garbage truck running into the plane. Pretty sure we are going to be delayed. 🤦♂️🤷♂️🤦♂️🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/pEK15uSmze
— Steve Forbes (@ForbesWakeHoops) June 21, 2024
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 23-Jun-2024 14:26 | ASN | Added |
| 23-Jun-2024 14:26 | ASN | Updated |
| 23-Jun-2024 15:36 | ASN | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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