Planes Dodge Stepladder On Runway
Daily Mirror|February 26, 2021
3 disasters averted after fall off truck
Martin Fricker
Planes Dodge Stepladder On Runway

Three packed passenger planes narrowly missed smashing into a ladder on a busy runway after it fell off a maintenance truck.

Investigators said it could easily have caused a serious accident if hit by any of the aircraft, which were travelling at about 140mph as they landed.

Two bungling electricians failed to spot that the 7ft-long ladder had gone missing as they checked runway lights at Birmingham Airport.

This story is from the February 26, 2021 edition of Daily Mirror.

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