8 hurt after jet collides with truck

An Aeromexico passenger jet has collided with a utility truck on a taxiway of Los Angeles International Airport shortly after landing, injuring eight employees in the vehicle.

No one on the plane was hurt, authorities said. 

The cause of Saturday's mishap, which damaged the right wing of the Boeing 737 and left the large supply truck overturned on its side, is being investigated, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said.

Six men and two women aboard the truck were taken to hospital for treatment of various unspecified injuries, none of them considered to be life-threatening, Humphreys said.

Airport officials said all eight were listed in stable condition.

No one among the approximately 150 passengers and crew aboard the plane, Aeromexico Flight 642 from Mexico City, required any medical attention, according to Humphreys.

But a statement from the airport said one passenger reported suffering some pain after leaving the aircraft.

The accident happened about 2.30pm (local time).

There was no fuel spill or fire, and the plane was able to finish taxiing to its gate, where the passengers disembarked.

Los Angeles International ranks as America's second-busiest airport, with nearly 700,000 takeoffs and landings a year.

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