A plane slipped off an icy taxiway at Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said. LIVE VIDEO: Workers remove the aircraft from the taxiway; Click the video player above to watch it. Delta Air Lines Flight 2231 to Atlanta had 77 people on board as it exited the taxiway prior to takeoff near runway 10R just before 6:30 p.m., said airport spokesman Bob Kerlik. At 9.45 p.m. on Wednesday, airport officials said all passengers had been safely flown off and taken to the airport terminal. No injuries were reported. The plane stayed at the runway and taxiway intersection on Thursday morning. The airport remained open and there was no impact on other operations, officials said. Watch the video of a passenger on the plane in the video player below. A passenger who was on the plane, Tanya Penniman, said at 8:30 p.m., two hours after the incident, the crews took the evacuation slide off the plane and the fire department would put up stairs in the back of the plane to get everyone off. Penniman said she was off the plane and on a bus at 9:05 am. Read Delta Air Lines’ full statement below: “During the pre-departure Delta out, Delta flight 2231 from Pittsburgh to Atlanta left the paved road Taxiway surface. Delta teams worked with the airport authority to get customers safely back to the terminal. We apologize to our customers for the delay and inconvenience and will endeavor to pick them up again as soon as possible. ”
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A plane slipped off an icy taxiway at Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
LIVE VIDEO: Workers remove the aircraft from the taxiway; Click the video player above to watch it.
Delta Air Lines Flight 2231 to Atlanta had 77 people on board as it exited the taxiway prior to takeoff near runway 10R just before 6:30 p.m., said airport spokesman Bob Kerlik.
At 9.45 p.m. on Wednesday, airport officials said all passengers were safely flown off and taken to the airport terminal. No injuries were reported.
The plane stayed at the runway and taxiway intersection on Thursday morning. The airport remained open and there was no impact on other operations, officials said.
Watch the video of a passenger on the plane in the video player below.
A passenger, Tanya Penniman, who was on the plane, said two hours after the incident at 8:30 p.m. that the crews would take the evacuation slide off the plane and the fire department would build stairs in the back of the plane to get rid of everyone.
Penniman said she was off the plane and on a bus at 9:05 p.m.
Tanya Penniman, a passenger on the plane
Read the full statement from Delta Air Lines below:
“During the Delta pre-departure disembarkation, Delta Flight 2231 from Pittsburgh to Atlanta left the paved surface of the taxiway. Delta teams worked with airport officials to get customers safely back to the terminal. We apologize to our customers for the delay and the inconvenience is working to resume it as soon as possible. “
Tanya Penniman, a passenger on the plane
Photo from the plane of passenger Tanya Penniman
Tanya Penniman, a passenger on the plane
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