The passenger plane clipped the vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike, narrowly avoiding "a major catastrophe," one aviation expert said.

A United Airlines jet struck a New Jersey Turnpike light pole while approaching Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday afternoon.

The Boeing 767, operating a flight from Venice, Italy, landed safely with no reported injuries among the 231 passengers and crew on board.

This is the moment a bakery truck was hit by a plane as it was coming into land at Newark Airport in New Jersey. United Airlines flight 169 from Venice, Italy, struck a pole and…

The passenger plane clipped the vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike, narrowly avoiding "a major catastrophe," one aviation expert said.

A United flight hit a truck and a light pole on the Jersey turnpike on approach to the airport in Newark, where it landed safely and nobody was hurt.

A bakery truck was hit by a United Airlines plane as it was coming into land at Newark Airport in New Jersey. United Airlines flight 169 from Venice, Italy, struck a pole and the…