A United Airlines flight went off a runway at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Friday morning, forcing passengers to evacuate.
This is the third incident involving a United plane this week. On Thursday, a flight bound for Japan was forced to divert to Los Angeles International Airport when the plane lost a tire after taking off in San Francisco.
Around 8 am, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 upon arriving from Memphis rolled onto the grass while exiting onto the taxiway, according to the FAA. “The passengers deplaned on the taxiway and were bused to the terminal.”
Houston Fire Department and Houston Airport Operations responded to the incident and the passengers were safely evacuated.
A United Airlines flight went off the runway at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, forcing the evacuation of the passengers
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Video from the airport showed the aircraft tilting to one side with the left wing touching the ground off the runway.
“As it was exiting the runway for the gate, the aircraft left the pavement and entered the grass along Runway 9-27,” United told Click2Houston in a statement.
One of the passengers said the landing felt smooth, but that he felt bumps during the taxi.
”Felt like when you have a flat tire in a car,” the unidentified passenger told the outlet.