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Republican presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence talked with firefighters at New York’s LaGuardia Airport after his campaign plane slid off the runway today.

NEW YORK >> Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence’s campaign plane slid off the runway during a rainstorm at New York’s LaGuardia Airport today, tearing up two tracks of concrete before coming to rest on a patch of grass.

Pence told reporters that no one had been injured.

“We can see mud on the front windows,” a calm Pence said in the press cabin about a minute after the plane came to rest. He said he felt fine.

After a bumpy approach, the plane roughly landed and slammed into the ground, making first contact with the runway concrete. The pilot slammed on the brakes and passengers could smell burning rubber.

The roughly 40 passengers and crew, including Pence, were evacuated through the back of the plane.

Campaign spokesman Marc Loetter told reporters that Pence had missed his fundraiser in New York City and was headed to his hotel for the night.

10 responses to “Pence plane slides off runway at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport”

  1. Smiling says:

    pretty soon…it will be Hilary’s fault…some way, shape or form, she’s responsible….or the crooked media.

  2. aomohoa says:

    Wow, he is having a really bad day. First his dog dies and then this.

  3. Cellodad says:

    I’m glad know one was hurt. I wonder though if this is kind of a metaphor.

    On a serious note, I am so sorry to hear of the passing of his dog. That’s something that transcends politics and petty comments. My sympathies and condolences.

  4. Tita Girl says:

    You hope his plane blows up with him in it yet you say Live Aloha? Take your meds.

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