166 passengers forced off plane after collision with de-icing truck at Logan

BOSTON — All 166 passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight at Boston Logan Airport headed to Oregon had to de-board the plane after it collided with a de-icer and damaged the wing.

Some are frustrated they can't find flights to the West Coast tonight and worry they'll get stuck in Boston if they can't leave before the snow storm tomorrow.

Passengers on Alaska Airlines flight 33 to PDX say they felt the plane hit something just before taking off from Logan Airport on Monday evening.

"As we are taxing out to the runway we felt a jostle and we all kind of knew that it wasn't normal," said Samuel Zavaletta, a passenger.

"(It was) kind of like a shutter, the plane shuttered a little bit, really didn't slow down much, just felt like we hit a pothole," said Rick Aiken, a passenger.

According to the airline, the left wing of the plane hit a parked de icing truck on the runway, so it turned back to the gate and had to cancel the flight to Portland.

"You could see the bottom part of the plane wing had actually come off, totally disconnected from it," said John Simers.

The airline released the following statement regarding the incident:

"Alaska Airlines Flight 33 from BOS to PDX made contact this afternoon with a deicing truck at Logan Airport. There is minor damage to part of the left wing. The aircraft is back at the gate and passengers have been deplaned. The plane has been taken out of service for inspection. The incident happened on a taxiway as the plane was heading out for departure on its own power. We apologize to our guests who have been inconvenienced this afternoon on AS Flight 33. The safety of our guests and our employees is our number one priority. We're investigating what happened. There were 166 passengers on the flight. They are being re-accommodated on other flights to the West Coast."

Most passengers say the airline gave them food and hotel vouchers and they've rebooked their flights for Tuesday.

However, some tell us they're switching airlines altogether to get out of Boston tonight, before the next snowstorm.

"I don't want to stay here until tomorrow and possibly get snowed in, so it's just been a big, big mess," said Samuel, one of the affected passengers.

The airline also gave passengers a 300 dollar voucher for another flight and are currently investigating into how exactly this happened.

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