NEW DELHI: A United Airways jet with 166 passengers aboard rolled off the runway right into a grassy space in Houston on Friday morning, making it the third such mishap involving a Boeing airplane this week.
No casualties had been reported, the Airways stated in a press release.
Video footage taken after the touchdown confirmed the airplane leaning to 1 aspect, with one among its wings fairly near the bottom.
United Flight 2477 from Memphis, Tennessee, had arrived at Bush Intercontinental Airport at 8am (native time) and was on its technique to a terminal gate when the Boeing 737 Max 8 left the runway, in accordance with a press release from the Houston Airport System.
The passengers had been assisted out of the airplane through stairs.
“All passengers have been bused to the terminal and are being assisted by our group with their onward connections and different wants. We’re eradicating baggage from the plane and can work to reunite prospects with their belongings as shortly as potential,” United stated.
“We’ll work with the NTSB, FAA and Boeing to grasp what occurred,” it added.
This comes a day after an Osaka-bound Boeing 777 jet, with 249 individuals aboard, needed to make an emergency touchdown after its wheel fell off right into a car parking zone damaging a number of automobiles.
Earlier this week, a Houston-to-Florida route needed to make an emergency touchdown as properly, after one among its engines started to emit flames 10 minutes after takeoff.
Calling every of those occasions “unrelated”, United Airways stated in a press release that they may examine every incident “to grasp what occurred and study from them.”
Boeing shares plummeted 2.2% on the shut on Friday, persevering with the Dow Jones Industrial Common’s largest year-to-date decline. United dropped 1.9%.
No casualties had been reported, the Airways stated in a press release.
Video footage taken after the touchdown confirmed the airplane leaning to 1 aspect, with one among its wings fairly near the bottom.
United Flight 2477 from Memphis, Tennessee, had arrived at Bush Intercontinental Airport at 8am (native time) and was on its technique to a terminal gate when the Boeing 737 Max 8 left the runway, in accordance with a press release from the Houston Airport System.
The passengers had been assisted out of the airplane through stairs.
“All passengers have been bused to the terminal and are being assisted by our group with their onward connections and different wants. We’re eradicating baggage from the plane and can work to reunite prospects with their belongings as shortly as potential,” United stated.
“We’ll work with the NTSB, FAA and Boeing to grasp what occurred,” it added.
This comes a day after an Osaka-bound Boeing 777 jet, with 249 individuals aboard, needed to make an emergency touchdown after its wheel fell off right into a car parking zone damaging a number of automobiles.
Earlier this week, a Houston-to-Florida route needed to make an emergency touchdown as properly, after one among its engines started to emit flames 10 minutes after takeoff.
Calling every of those occasions “unrelated”, United Airways stated in a press release that they may examine every incident “to grasp what occurred and study from them.”
Boeing shares plummeted 2.2% on the shut on Friday, persevering with the Dow Jones Industrial Common’s largest year-to-date decline. United dropped 1.9%.
