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Old 19th Jul 2008, 09:52
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Looks like it was an Airbus A320, although the article doesn't come across as very accurate.

From the Chicago Sun-Times


O'Hare safety area stops jet that overshot runway

July 19, 2008
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Mexicana Airlines flight with 145 passengers and crew aboard overshot a runway at O'Hare Airport on Friday but stopped safely when it reached a safety area designed to slow errant planes.

One crew member was slightly injured in the 7 p.m. mishap. City Aviation Department spokeswoman Karen Pride said the "arrestor bed" at the end of a runway stopped the plane.

Airline spokesman Adolfo Crespo said the Airbus A320 departed from Mexico City. Crosswinds forced Flight 802's nose gear off the runway, he said.
Pride said the arrestor bed's lightweight concrete blocks ''worked perfectly.''
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