Nobody Hurt, No Fenders Bent in Unusual 'Fender-Bender'

ATA Flight 925 was taxiing out to go to Chicago and Seattle, when it was thought that a passenger was having a heart attack. The plane was under tow, on its way back to the terminal, when its port wing hit a deicing truck.

Neither of the two aboard the truck, nor any of the 71 PAX and 6 crew, was hurt, in Thursday's strangest accident.

One passenger, interviewed by local NBC affil WTHR-TV-13, said, "It was pretty exciting. I've always wanted to survive a plane crash and this is my day."

**   Report created 1/17/2003   Record 3   **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 303TZ        Make/Model: B737      Description: 737-700, BBJ, C-40
  Date: 01/16/2003     Time: 1319
  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage:
LOCATION
  City: INDIANAPOLIS   State: IN   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  ON 1/16/03, AT 0709 CST, A DEICING TRUCK AT INDIANAPOLIS INT'L AIRPORT WAS STRUCK BY AMT925, A B737, ON C9 JETWAY RAMP. TWO PERSONS IN THE TRUCK WERE NOT INJURED. 71 PASSENGERS AND 6 CREW WERE ON THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE DEPLANED ON THE RAMP. DAMAGE TO EITHER VEHICLES IS UNKNOWN. INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:  6     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:  71     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Other      Phase: Taxi      Operation: Air Carrier
  Departed: (IND) INDIANAPOLIS          Dep Date: 01/16/2003   Dep. Time:
  Destination:                          Flt Plan:              Wx Briefing:
  Last Radio Cont:
  Last Clearance:
  FAA FSDO: INDIANAPOLIS, IN  (GL11)              Entry date: 01/17/2003