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Nose Gear of Plane Collapsed While Pulling Away From Gate at Bradley International Airport
None of the 29 passengers and three crew were hurt.
Passengers had to be evacuated from a plane at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks this morning when the nose gear of their aircraft collapsed after it pushed 150 feet away from gate 27.
A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration says 29 passengers and three crew members were taken off the Embraer 145 operated by Trans States Airlines, a contractor for US Airways, after the front landing gear on the Pittsburgh-bound Flight 3503 collapsed at about 6:25 a.m.
No one was hurt.
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The Associated Press reports the passengers were put on other flights.
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