American Airlines plane slides off runway at Rochester Airport

Nobody was harm after an American Airways flight slid off a runway at New York’s Higher Rochester Worldwide Airport after touchdown Thursday afternoon and making an attempt to taxi to the terminal. The plane had departed from Philadelphia Worldwide Airport and landed in Rochester at round 4 p.m. native time when the slide occurred. 

There have been 50 passengers and three crew members aboard the Embraer E145 airplane, a spokesperson for Monroe County instructed CBS Information in an electronic mail. Whereas turning onto a taxiway, the jet veered into the grass, the spokesperson mentioned, including that “the trigger is undetermined.”

Nevertheless, an American Airways spokesperson confirmed to CBS Information in a press release that the flight, operated by Piedmont Airways, “exited the taxiway whereas in transit to the terminal because of snowy airfield situations.”  

A passenger on the airplane posted to social media a photograph of the airplane sitting within the grass with the accompanying caption, “My @AmericanAir airplane simply ran off the runway into the grass at @ROCAirport. Completely satisfied landings.”

One other video posted by the identical particular person confirmed passengers deplaning down a steel stairway in the midst of a snowy subject with firefighter help. 

Passengers had been moved by bus to the terminal, the county spokesperson mentioned. No accidents had been reported. 

“Security is our prime precedence and we apologize to our prospects for his or her expertise,” mentioned the American Airways spokesperson.   

Harmful winter storms have blasted the Northeast and a number of other different parts of the U.S. in latest days. On Tuesday, airways canceled hundreds of flights, inflicting confusion and untold chaos to vacationers. 

Questions of safety have plagued the airline business in latest weeks. On Jan. 6, an Alaska Airways door panel blew off mid-flight and the airplane, a Boeing 737 Max 9, made an emergency touchdown in Portland, Oregon, minutes after takeoff. The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded dozens of Boeing 737 Max 9 plane in response, forcing Alaska Airways and United Airways to cancel tons of of flights. The FAA and Nationwide Transportation Security Board have opened formal investigations.

The FAA mentioned Thursday it would examine the runway slide.