No injuries after Air France jumbo jet skids off Montreal runway: Police

Published: Tuesday, August 26, 2008

MONTREAL - An Air France Boeing 747 skidded off the runway at Montreal's Trudeau International airport after it landed Tuesday afternoon but the incident caused no injuries, police said.

"The plane overshot the runway when it landed and got stuck in the grass," said Const. Laurent Gingras of Montreal police. "There were no injuries."

Video of the airplane showed no signs of major damage.

Emergency vehicles surrounded the jumbo jet at the airport as crews worked around the aircraft, which was stuck in the grass beside the runway.

Some 500 passengers were on the wide-bodied plane. Passengers were shuttled to the airport in small groups and were observed preparing to leave the airport around 7 p.m.

The airport remained open and television footage showed planes continuing to take off and land.

According to the Aeroports de Montreal website, the flight arrived in Montreal as scheduled at 5:49 p.m. from Paris. The plane landed on the runway 24 Right, the longest at the airport.

The airline and airport officials could not be immediately reached for comment.