No injuries reported after United plane slides off runway at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

[Bosonic]

Source: ABC

CLEVELAND - No one was hurt after an airplane slid off of the runway at Hopkins International Airport Friday morning.

United Flight 1639, a Boeing 737, was inbound from Fort Lauderdale when it landed and slid off of runway 6L and onto the grass around 10:45 a.m., according to Hopkins Airport and the FAA.

Passengers are deplaning and waiting for buses to be transported to the airport terminal.

Read more: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/United-plane-slides-off-runway-at-Cleveland-Hopkins-International-Airport

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[onehandle]

1. 'Deplaning' sounds like a surgical procedure. nt

[uppityperson]

2. Glad no one was hurt. It looks quite cold there.

[Ms. Toad]

6. Not that cold -

The issue was that it was just cold enough that the drizzle that started after 4 AM turned into ice the moment it hit a cooler surface.

[Botany]

3. Ohio is covered w/ ice

n/t

[Ms. Toad]

5. I scraped 1/4" of ice of my car -

Which accumulated between 4 AM and 9 AM.

[valerief]

4. Why aren't runways heated???

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/tech_ops/read.main/104554/

[Auggie]

8. Heated runways? But that would hurt quarterly profits for years!

[valerief]

11. What was I thinking! Can't take pennies out of billionaires' billions. nt

[Bucky]

7. Shame on Obama for letting this happen.

This just shows that global warming is bogus and socialism is the cause of it.

[TrogL]

10. Oprah should do something

[jdadd]

9. Southerners just can't drive on snow and ice....