Jet slides off runway in aborted takeoff
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January 4, 2010, Monday
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A JET headed for Spain's Canary Islands came off the runway at the Dortmund airport in western Germany yesterday, but no one was injured, authorities said.
The pilot of the Air Berlin Boeing 737-800, with 165 passengers and six crew members on board, had decided to abort the takeoff because of a "technical irregularity" that is still being examined, according to airline spokeswoman Diane Daedelow.
The aircraft braked but came off the runway in wintry conditions. It came to rest with its nose pointing down a slight snow-covered slope.
The plane was undamaged and passengers were able to leave the aircraft normally using steps, Daedelow said.
The passengers and their luggage were being taken to nearby Paderborn airport, from where another aircraft was to fly them to Las Palmas, she added.
The airport was closed to allow for the aircraft's recovery, and other flights were canceled or diverted, according to its Website.
The plane is the second Boeing 737-800 to skid off the runway in recent weeks.
On December 22, an American Airlines flight from Washington left the runway as it landed in Kingston, Jamaica, in heavy rain. The fuselage cracked open, the left main landing gear collapsed and the nose was crushed as the plane lurched to a halt at the ocean's edge.
There were no deaths, but many of the passengers needed hospital treatment.
The pilot of the Air Berlin Boeing 737-800, with 165 passengers and six crew members on board, had decided to abort the takeoff because of a "technical irregularity" that is still being examined, according to airline spokeswoman Diane Daedelow.
The aircraft braked but came off the runway in wintry conditions. It came to rest with its nose pointing down a slight snow-covered slope.
The plane was undamaged and passengers were able to leave the aircraft normally using steps, Daedelow said.
The passengers and their luggage were being taken to nearby Paderborn airport, from where another aircraft was to fly them to Las Palmas, she added.
The airport was closed to allow for the aircraft's recovery, and other flights were canceled or diverted, according to its Website.
The plane is the second Boeing 737-800 to skid off the runway in recent weeks.
On December 22, an American Airlines flight from Washington left the runway as it landed in Kingston, Jamaica, in heavy rain. The fuselage cracked open, the left main landing gear collapsed and the nose was crushed as the plane lurched to a halt at the ocean's edge.
There were no deaths, but many of the passengers needed hospital treatment.
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