100 PAX Uninjured

Maybe it was just a UAV Fire Truck test that went terribly wrong; but it surprised and inconvenienced a hundred passengers at John Wayne on Tuesday. For reasons that no one wants to talk about, an unattended fire truck crunched some sheet metal on an American Airlines 757.

**   Report created 5/21/2003   Record 5  **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 692AA        Make/Model: B757      Description: B-757
  Date: 05/20/2003     Time: 1912
  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Minor
LOCATION
  City: SANTA ANA   State: CA   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  AMERICAN AIRLINES AAL250, B752, ACFT PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE, WAS STRUCK BY AN UNATTENDED FIRE TRUCK THAT ROLLED INTO THE COWLING AND WING LEADING EDGE, 100 PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED, NO INJURIES REPORTED, JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT, CA
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:  2     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   Y
                 # Pass: 100     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   Y
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: METAR KSNA 201853Z 20009KT 7SM CLR 22/15 A2995
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Business      Phase: Standing      Operation: Air Carrier
  Departed: SANTA ANA, CA               Dep Date:    Dep. Time:
  Destination: NEW YORK, NY             Flt Plan: IFR          Wx Briefing: U
  Last Radio Cont: LOCAL CONTROL
  Last Clearance: HOLD SHORT OF TWY LIMA
  FAA FSDO: LONG BEACH, CA  (WP05)                Entry date: 05/21/2003