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Wind gusts push Southwest airplane into jet bridge at Portland Jetport

Wind gusts push Southwest airplane into jet bridge at Portland Jetport

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Officials say high winds pushed a parked airplane into a jet bridge at the Portland Jetport on Wednesday.

Jetport officials say the incident happened around just after 4:30 a.m.

According to CBS 13, the incident involved a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8.

The jetport says the edge of the airplane’s left wing was pushed into the jet bridge.

There were no passengers or crew members on the plane at the time.

Southwest said it would send an additional aircraft to the jetport to accommodate passengers.

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