At least 18 people were injured Monday when a mobile lounge that was transporting passengers at Dulles International Airport crashed into a dock as it was pulling up to the building.

A spokesperson with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority confirmed to WTOP that around 4:30 p.m., a mobile lounge or “people mover,” which is used for boarding and offloading passengers onto aircraft, struck the Concourse D dock “at an angle.”

Passengers deboarded the people mover using its stairs and were evaluated by the airport’s medical personnel.

MWAA said 18 people were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The airport is still open and operating as normal, according to MWAA, though flight restrictions put in place to maintain safety during the government shutdown contin

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