Chicago-bound United flight from Phoenix rolls off O’Hare runway

A flight from Phoenix to Chicago faced a harrowing landing when the plane rolled off the snowy runway.

United Airlines flight 656 slid off the runway at O’Hare International Airport late Saturday morning after departing from Sky Harbor International Airport. 

Natalie Noonan, a spokeswoman with United Airlines, said the plane rolled off the concrete runway because of weather conditions. There were no reported injuries and passengers were taken off the plane and bused to a terminal.

The Chicago Tribune reported that firefighters helped the plane’s 129 passengers off the aircraft and that the runway had been inspected 30 minutes before the incident.

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