Scary moments at Philadelphia International Airport today after a U.S. Airways jet attempting to take off had an as yet unknown problem with the nose gear and skidded off the runway to a halt.
#BREAKING Plane at Philadelphia International skids off runway. Passengers use slides to leave aircraft. pic.twitter.com/Gr2P7t1WcI @CBSPhilly
— Sarah Walters (@SWaltersTV) March 13, 2014
Fortunately no injuries are being reported.
All flights grounded at Philadelphia airport after plane took off, skidded across runway http://t.co/VEGnra3Hfm pic.twitter.com/KJ90CwGwgw
— Zachary Stieber (@ZackStieber) March 13, 2014
Another photo from Philadelphia airport, where plane skidded down runway. No injuries reported. [via @MGabbz] http://t.co/DSrVgmOSQM
— Zachary Stieber (@ZackStieber) March 13, 2014
This said that she was a passenger on the plane and tweeted some pictures:
so my plane just crashed… pic.twitter.com/X51BLwa5PS
— skip (@han_horan) March 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/han_horan/status/444241143992029184
so yup pic.twitter.com/2WuLUWzpND
— skip (@han_horan) March 13, 2014
Video of the plane being evacuated:
VIDEO: Passengers evacuate disabled airliner at Philadelphia Int'l Airport: http://t.co/CGPHwYtqwn pic.twitter.com/8GjdaD25ms
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) March 13, 2014
Twitchy will monitor this story and update with any relevant details as they are known.
