Staff on Southwest Flight 822 from Punta Cana, Domincan Republic, requested paramedics meet them on the ground because a passenger had become sick on the plane. After the flight landed at 7:47 p.m., medics boarded to help the passenger off. As they exited, the jet bridge, which connects the plane to the terminal, collapsed.</s>BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say six people have been injured after an "equipment failure" involving a jet bridge at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

The airport tweeted Saturday night that six people had been taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries due to the incident at Gate E-10.

A jet bridge is the hallway structure leading to the plane that passengers use to board the aircraft.

No further information was immediately available.</s>BALTIMORE — Officials say six people have been injured after an “equipment failure” involving a jet bridge at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

The airport tweeted Saturday night that six people had been taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries due to the incident at Gate E-10.

A jet bridge is the hallway structure leading to the plane that passengers use to both board and exit the aircraft.

The airport says the jet bridge will stay closed until an investigation is complete. It says the aircraft has been moved and the incident has not caused further impacts to the airport’s operations.

No further information was immediately available.</s>BALTIMORE — Officials say six people have been injured after an “equipment failure” involving a jet bridge at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

The airport tweeted Saturday night that six people had been taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries due to the incident at Gate E-10.

A jet bridge is the hallway structure leading to the plane that passengers use to board the aircraft.

No further information was immediately available.

Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</s>BALTIMORE -- Officials say six people have been injured after a "partial equipment failure" involving a jet bridge at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

The airport tweeted that six people were taken to a hospital Saturday night with non-life-threatening injuries due to the incident at Gate E-10.

In a statement, Southwest Airlines said Flight 822 had just arrived from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and had requested paramedics to help with a medical situation involving a passenger on the flight.

Southwest says the airport's passenger-loading bridge "experienced a failure" while medics were helping the passenger outside the aircraft. Southwest says the remaining passengers were able to safely exit the plane using air stairs.

The airport says the plane has been moved and the incident has not caused further impacts to the airport's operations. No further details were immediately available.</s>Officials say six people have been injured after a “partial equipment failure” involving a jet bridge at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

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The airport tweeted that six people were taken to a hospital Saturday night with non-life-threatening injuries due to the incident at Gate E-10.

In a statement, Southwest Airlines said Flight 822 had just arrived from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and requested paramedics to help with a medical situation involving a passenger.

Southwest says the airport’s jet bridge, which connects the plane to the terminal, failed while medics were helping the passenger outside the aircraft. Southwest says remaining passengers safely exited the plane using air stairs.

The airport says the plane has been moved and there have been no further impacts to airport operations. An investigation is ongoing.</s>BALTIMORE, Md – A “partial equipment failure” involving a jet bridge at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) in Maryland on Saturday left six people injured.

The airport tweeted that the six people were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. The jet bridge, an extendable hallway stretching from the terminal to the plane, was at Gate E-10 for Southwest Airlines Flight 822, according to the airline.

Southwest Airlines said the flight arrived at BWI from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, with a request for paramedics to meet it to check out a passenger’s “onboard medical situation.” While medics were helping the passenger outside the aircraft, the airline said the jet bridge “experienced a failure.”

The remaining passengers got off the plane using stairs.

“We are working swiftly to assist all passengers and crew,” Southwest said in a statement to CNN.

The BWI Fire and Rescue Department responded, along with mutual aid, the tweet added.

The jet bridge failure at BWI Airport is “under investigation,” according to another tweet from the airport.

The bridge will remain closed until the investigation is over, the tweet said. The aircraft has been moved from the gate and there is no further impact to operations, it said.

BWI is 9 miles south of downtown Baltimore and 32 miles northeast of Washington, the airport’s website states. It is also the “busiest airport in the region,” the site says, and is named after Baltimore native Thurgood Marshall, who was the first African-American to serve on the US Supreme Court.</s>Six people were left injured after a jet bridge collapsed at a busy US airport on Saturday evening.

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) tweeted that they were all transported to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.

According to a statement put out by Southwest Airlines, a flight arrived at the airport and was met by paramedics who had been asked to tend to a passenger on the plane.

As the medics were helping the passenger outside the plane, the jet bridge - which connects the aircraft to the terminal - is said to have "experienced a failure" and collapsed.

The remaining passengers safely exited the plane using stairs.

Just over an hour later, the airport said the jet bridge won't be reopening until an investigation is completed.

"Jet bridge failure is under investigation. The jet bridge will remain closed until investigation is complete. Aircraft moved from gate. No further impact to operations."</s>Twitter/@starryeyd_(BALTIMORE, Maryland) — Six people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a jet bridge failed at a Baltimore airport, officials say.

Just before 8 p.m. on Saturday, Southwest flight 822 arrived at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) from the Dominican Republic. Paramedics met the flight to “assess an on board medical situation that occurred in-flight with one passenger,” a Southwest spokesperson said.

“While medical personnel were assisting that passenger outside the aircraft, the airport-owned passenger loading bridge experienced a failure,” the spokesperson said.

“While working to move the passenger from the aircraft, the jet bridge that serves the airline gate failed,” a BWI spokesperson said in a statement. “Six individuals were injured in a fall.”

Those injured were transported to local hospitals, according to BWI. BWI Fire Chief Victor Ferreira said on Twitter that “personnel involved were taken to area hospitals to be evaluated for minor injuries as a precaution.”

The remaining passengers on the flight deplaned using the air stairs, the Southwest spokesperson said.

The jet bridge failure is “under investigation” according to BWI.

No other operations at the airport were affected, BWI said.</s>The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias or may in some other way not meet our normal editorial standards. It is provided to our readers as a service from The Western Journal.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say six people have been injured after an “equipment failure” involving a jet bridge at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

The airport tweeted Saturday night that six people had been taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries due to the incident at Gate E-10.

A jet bridge is the hallway structure leading to the plane that passengers use to both board and exit the aircraft.

The airport says the jet bridge will stay closed until an investigation is complete. It says the aircraft has been moved and the incident has not caused further impacts to the airport’s operations.

No further information was immediately available.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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An equipment failure causes a jet bridge at the Baltimore–Washington International Airport to collapse, injuring seven people.