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15th Dec 2005, 17:38
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A FedEx cargo plane went off a runway and got stuck in mud Thursday at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport after the pilot cut a turn too short, authorities said.
No one was injured in the early morning mishap, said Catherine Bergen of the Federal Aviation Administration in Atlanta.
The plane had landed safely and was taxiing to its unloading zone when the pilot "turned short" and wound up in the mud, airport spokeswoman Haley Gentry said.
Only the crew was onboard at the time of the accident, officials said.
Even though there was freezing rain in the area, Gentry said the accident "appears to have absolutely nothing to do with the weather."
Airport workers freed the craft with a towing vehicle and moved it to the unloading zone, she said.
No commercial flights were affected by the accident, she said.
No one was injured in the early morning mishap, said Catherine Bergen of the Federal Aviation Administration in Atlanta.
The plane had landed safely and was taxiing to its unloading zone when the pilot "turned short" and wound up in the mud, airport spokeswoman Haley Gentry said.
Only the crew was onboard at the time of the accident, officials said.
Even though there was freezing rain in the area, Gentry said the accident "appears to have absolutely nothing to do with the weather."
Airport workers freed the craft with a towing vehicle and moved it to the unloading zone, she said.
No commercial flights were affected by the accident, she said.