Ryanair plane goes off runway
29/04/2008 21:35  - (SA)  

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Warsaw - An official says the Lodz airport has been closed after a Ryanair plane with 170 passengers went off the runway while taxiing before takeoff.

Airport spokesperson Milosz Wika says the Nottingham, England-bound Boeing 737's wheel got stuck in soft ground after leaving the tarmac when apparently trying to turn around at the end of the runway.

Wika says wind forced planes to use the full length of the runway on Tuesday.

Officials closed the airport around noon while technicians prepared to pull the plane back onto the runway, Wika said.

The passengers were bussed 130 kilometres east to Warsaw for a flight to Nottingham.

Wika said other Lodz flights were being diverted to Warsaw, and a bus service would be provided.

- AP

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