Washington Dulles airport transport vehicle slams into dock, 18 hospitalized

A mobile lounge, besides known arsenic a radical mover, struck a dock astatine Washington Dulles International Airport successful Virginia connected Monday, sending 18 passengers to the infirmary with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

The incidental occurred astir 4:30 p.m. erstwhile the conveyance deed a dock astatine an space arsenic it was pulling up to Concourse D, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA). The dock is wherever the conveyance stops to fto passengers participate the concourse.

"Passengers deboarded the mobile lounge via stairs. They are being evaluated by Airports Authority Fire and Rescue unit for imaginable injuries," the MWAA said successful a statement.

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An aerial photograph shows the mobile lounge aft it collided with a dock astatine Washington Dulles International Airport connected Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (WTTG)

Officials initially reported that 8 radical were transported to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, but that fig was aboriginal updated to 18.

It’s unclear what caused the clang oregon whether immoderate important harm occurred to airdrome infrastructure oregon equipment.

The passengers who were wounded were taken to the infirmary by the occurrence department, according to the authority. 

Emergency crews responded aft a rider transport conveyance collided with a dock astatine Washington Dulles International Airport connected Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (WTTG)

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Passengers were capable to get disconnected of the mobile lounge via stairs, FOX 5 DC reported. 

It's unclear what caused the incidental oregon if determination was important harm to immoderate of the airport's equipment. Fox News Digital reached retired to the airdrome for further information. 

Aerial footage shows aggregate exigency crews and vehicles astatine the scene.

A Washington Dulles International Airport Metro presumption motion successful Dulles, Virginia.  (Eric Lee/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The MWAA said the airdrome is unfastened and operating arsenic normal.

The airdrome is located astir 26 miles westbound of Washington, D.C., successful Loudoun and Fairfax counties, and it serves the Washington metropolitan area. 

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There are 19 mobile lounges astatine Dulles, and they tin transportation up to 102 passengers, according to the airport’s website. The mobile lounges are astir 54 feet agelong and 16 feet wide.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.