Pushback tractor hits American jet at BWI

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LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — A ground worker has been slightly hurt after a pushback tractor hit the nose of a parked American Airlines jet at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

An American spokesman said Monday that nobody on Flight 140 was injured and the MD-80 has been taken out of service. Kent Powell says the 119 passengers were being put on other flights to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

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