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Air France Plane Skids Off Runway in Montreal

by Jarrett Martineau | August 26, 2008 at 03:06 pm

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Reports are just emerging that an Air France Boeing 747 has skidded off the runway at Montreal's Trudeau airport. This is a developing story. More details as they emerge.

An Air France aircraft has skidded off the runway at Montreal's T[r]udeau airport, according to Canadian TV; no details on injuries.

There appear to be no serious injuries after a Boeing 747 skidded off the runway at a Montrea[l] airport, according to the Canwest News Service

Early indications are there were no serious injuries and video of the airplane shows no signs of major damage, Montreal police confirmed.

Emergency vehicles surrounded the jumbo jet at the airport as crews worked around the aircraft, which was stuck in the grass beside the runway.

The airport remains open and television footage shows planes continuing to take off and land.

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Amy Judd

at 17:23 on August 26th, 2008

Luckily everyone is ok and the plane was evacuated without incident:

An Air France passenger jet landing from Paris at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport missed the runway slightly Tuesday afternoon, ending up with the nose wheel parked on the grass alongside the tarmac.

There were no injuries.

Emergency vehicles raced to the site of the landing but there were no problems. Passengers were evacuated from the aircraft safely.

Uwe Paschen

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at 21:25 on August 26th, 2008

Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff. That is the second time this is happening to Air France in Canada, last time was in Toronto, I think 3 Years ago.