Worker trapped under Boeing 787 tires is rescued
Friday, February 3, 2012
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- An official at an Everett, Wash., airfield says emergency crews have rescued a worker who was temporarily trapped beneath the tires of a Boeing 787 jetliner.
Paine Field Airport Director Dave Waggoner tells KOMO-TV that the Japan Airlines plane was being towed Friday evening when a member of a Boeing ground crew was run over.
A helicopter transported the person to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of leg injuries.
Additional information on the injured worker was not immediately available.
More like this
Injured Boeing worker moved to Seattle hospital




