Plane Runs Off O'Hare Runway, 1 Hurt
Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 09:00 CDT
A flight attendant was injured when a Mexicana airliner ran off the end of a runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, federal officials said.
The incident involving a Mexicana Airlines craft happened around 7 p.m. Friday evening, the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday. Federal Aviation Administration authorities said the plane ran past the end of a runway and was stopped by a bed of crushable concrete blocks.
The 142 passengers were taken off the plane and the runway was closed, the newspaper said.
Source: United Press International
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