Randomness Comes In Lumps
Plane spins off PE runway
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00
An SA Airlink aircraft with 29 passengers on board left the runway at the Port Elizabeth airport on Wednesday afternoon, paramedics said.
None of passengers or the crew members on board were injured, said Netcare 911 spokesperson Jeff Wicks said.
"They've all been safely extricated from the plane by ACSA firefighters and shuttled to the arrivals area," said Wicks.
He said the plane, bound for East London, left the runway on take off.
"Passengers insist that as the plane rumbled down the runway and gathered speed they heard a loud noise from the left of the plane and it spun violently and skidded into the grass," said Wicks.
"Besides being visibly shaken all passengers and the crew are in good health."