Royal Jordanian Airlines has suffered a major loss, after its crew was involved in a serious vehicle accident in New York, on their way to the crew hotel on a layover. There’s often the saying that the most dangerous part of flying is getting to and from the airport, and this is a somber reminder of that reality.
OMAAT obviously isn’t about traffic accidents, but the noteworthy detail here is that the primary vehicle involved was a crew bus, which was carrying the Royal Jordanian crew that had just operated flight RJ8261, from Amman (AMM) to New York (JFK). The flight landed at around 9:45PM, the crew cleared immigration and picked up their bags, and then they were heading to the hotel.
While traveling westbound on the Long Island Expressway, the bus first collided with two vehicles traveling in the same direction, before impacting the center divider. The bus then overturned into eastbound lanes, and crashed into additional vehicles.
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