Plane pierces terminal wall at Newark airport

No passengers were on board the plane that crashed through the gate at Newark International Airport early Wednesday

No passengers on board Continental jet

June 14, 2000
Web posted at: 7:32 a.m. EDT (1132 GMT)

NEWARK, New Jersey (CNN) -- A parked Continental Airlines MD-80 airplane lurched forward unexpectedly Wednesday morning at Newark International Airport, causing the nose of the plane to poke through a terminal wall. Police said six maintenance workers were slightly injured.

No passengers were on board the plane when the incident occurred at Terminal C about 5 a.m.

Police had no details on why the plane lurched forward. No information on possible flight disruptions because of the incident were available.

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