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Plane Pull competition raises funds to fight kid cancer (10 images)

JetBlue Airlines hosts a Plane Pull competition for charity with a match-up of Brits vs. Yanks at JFK Airport in New York City on Tuesday. The event is put on in part to help raise funds for the Joining Against Cancer in Kids Foundation.



Nineteen teams competed to pull an Airbus 320 aircraft 100 feet in the fastest time. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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The teams consisted of JetBlue crew members, local law enforcement and British metropolitan police. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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The London Metropolitan Police Department makes up a team called the "Bobbies." Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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The event is put on in part to raise money and awareness for the Joining Against Cancer in Kids Foundation to fund research to cure a childhood cancer called neuroblastoma. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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