A United Airlines-operated Boeing 737 MAX rolled onto the grass and off the runway at George Bush Airport in Houston early on Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA will investigate. The 160 passengers and six crew were not injured. They left the plane and were bused to the terminal, the FAA and United said. The plane had departed from Memphis.The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will look into the incident. Six members of the crew and 160 passengers were unharmed. According to the FAA and United, they got off the aircraft and were driven to the terminal. The aircraft had taken off from MemphisEarly on Friday at George Bush Airport in Houston, a Boeing 737 MAX operated by United Airlines skidded off the runway and onto the grass, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will look into the incident. Six members of the crew and 160 passengers were unharmed. According to the FAA and United, they got off the aircraft and were driven to the terminal. The aircraft hadUS: Boeing 737 rolls off runway in Houston, passengers deboarded on grass
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX rolled onto the grass when exiting the runway at George Bush Airport in Houston early Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. TheWASHINGTON (Reuters) -A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX rolled onto the grass when exiting the runway at George Bush Airport in Houston early Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
The 160 passengers and six crew were not injured. They left the plane and were bused to the terminal, the FAA and United said. The plane had departed from Memphis.WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX rolled onto the grass when exiting the runway at George Bush Airport in Houston early Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
The 160 passengers and six crew were not injured. They left the plane and were bused to the terminal, the FAA and United said. The plane had departed from Memphis.
United said it will move the aircraft from the taxiway as soon as it is able. The FAA said it will investigate the incident.
(Reporting by David Shepardson and Katharine Jackson; Writing by Ismail Shakil, editing by David Ljunggren)