Jet rolls off taxiway at Atlanta airport
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Airport personnel respond to a Delta Air Lines plane that ran off the runway on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Mechanics were testing the engines of the Boeing 737 when they experienced a problem with the braking system around 5 a.m. Tuesday. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said there were no passengers aboard the aircraft, and no injuries were reported. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution,John Spink ) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT
Airport personnel respond to a Delta Air Lines plane that ran off the runway on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Mechanics were testing the engines of the Boeing 737 when they experienced a problem with the braking system around 5 a.m. Tuesday. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said there were no passengers aboard the aircraft, and no injuries were reported. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution,John Spink ) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT
ATLANTA >> Cranes are moving a jet that rolled off a taxiway and was significantly damaged at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta.
Delta Air Lines spokesman Eric Torbenson says mechanics were testing the engines of the Boeing 737 when there was a problem with the braking system around 5 a.m. Tuesday.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says no passengers were aboard. There were two maintenance workers on the plane but no one was hurt.
Video aired by WSB-TV showed the tilted jet on an embankment.
Delta spokesman Anthony Black says the jet is going to be taken to a maintenance facility for a full structural investigation.
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