{"id":3686,"date":"2026-07-01T19:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:37:47","slug":"rdu-airport-resumes-flights-after-truck-corporate-jet-collide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3686","title":{"rendered":"RDU Airport resumes flights after truck, corporate jet collide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raleigh-Durham International Airport was briefly shut down Wednesday afternoon after a box truck collided with a plane, according to airport officials.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3684\">NC budget bill ends one incentive for data centers, keeps other tax breaks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The truck collided with a general aviation aircraft, with two people on board the plane at the time of the crash. There were no injuries to the two passengers or the driver of the truck, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe airfield is now open for arriving and departing flights,\u201d Stephanie Hawco, the airport\u2019s external communications director, told The News &amp; Observer just before 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Aircraft scheduled for takeoff sat on the tarmac as RDU\u2019s operations remained paused for about an hour. Two flights that were scheduled to arrive at RDU were diverted to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Hawco said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3683\">Downtown Raleigh\u2019s \u2018crane lot\u2019 is finally moving forward. Here\u2019s what to know<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to a spokesperson for Charlotte Douglas International Airport, six aircraft were diverted from Raleigh to Charlotte during the pause but were scheduled to return to RDU.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce these aircraft are refueled, they will return to RDU,\u201d said Chris Poore, the media relations manager for CLT Airport. \u201cWe do not have an estimated timeline for their departure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Handfuls of other flights were also diverted, like a Copa Airlines flight that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightaware.com\/live\/flight\/CMP466\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">was scheduled to land in Raleigh<\/a> but was instead diverted to Washington Dulles International, according to Flightaware.com.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3682\">Lemurs, gators, a hero dog and homeless deer: Josh Shaffer\u2019s recent critter columns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear whether those aircraft will be returning to Raleigh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published <span class=\"inline-block\">July 1, 2026 at 2:54 PM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raleigh-Durham International Airport briefly closed after a box truck struck a general aviation aircraft; no injuries reported and flights have resumed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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