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An AA Captain and a passenger were injured when a Jet Bridge collapsed at LAX.

Story here: http://bit.ly/oV3Pd1

Thanks for posting Bazz, an interesting article.

I can't quite picture how the jet bridge collapsed, I thought they were supported very well.

Lucky that more passengers were not injured!

This happens rarely but I've heard of other events ... all the same, somewhat nasty.

There is a somewhat grainy picture here from the LA Times. There is an eyewitness comment where he refers to a hole: "...I was there and saw the big hole they fell through". So it sounds like the bridge separated from the aircraft or the floor fell away.

Nasty - I hope they are both OK.

@Martin, interesting the last sentence in that piece read "The plane was damaged and towed to a hangar." I presume the bridge must have damaged the door or fuselage as it fell away.

The pilot was exiting the aircraft at the same time as a passenger? ?| Crikey he must have been in a hurry. I've never seen the crew beat passengers off before.