Jet slides off runway at Cleveland Hopkins Airport

4:55 PM, Feb 22, 2013   |    comments
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CLEVELAND -- A jet from Fort Lauderdale slid off a taxiway after landing at Cleveland Hopkins Airport this morning. No injuries were reported.

According to an airport spokeswoman, the United Airlines flight had landed at the airport but when the 737 made a turn onto the taxiway, it slid into a grassy area.

All 103 passengers were taken off the plane and put on buses and taken to the terminal.  There were five crew members on the plane in addition to the passengers.  No one was hurt.

The plane will be towed back to the teminal.

Slippery conditions were reported at times throughout the area due to a mix of wintry precipitation.

WKYC-TV