United Airlines jet flew too low and too slow before striking light pole and truck near Newark airport: NTSB

A United Airlines flight was flying too low and too slow when it barreled into a light pole and a tractor-trailer last month just before landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, the National Transportation Safety Board said. Flight 169 was traveling from Venice, Italy, to New Jersey when it struck the pole and a Schmidt Bakery truck during its descent at around 2 p.m. on May 3. Dashcam video showed the moment the Boeing 767-400 passenger jet struck the bakery truck on the New Jersey Turn