American Airlines plane veers off Texas runway, stuck in mud
SAN ANTONIO — An American Airlines plane veered off of a runway at the San Antonio airport during takeoff on Saturday morning and got stuck in the mud, authorities said.
No injuries were reported on American Airlines Flight 2214, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford. Commercial flights at San Antonio International Airport were suspended until the aircraft could be removed.
American Airlines spokeswoman Alexis Aran Coello said the 38 passengers and six crew members were bused back to the terminal.
The Boeing 737 bound for Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport aborted takeoff for undetermined reasons and veered off the runway at a low speed, Coello said. The flight had originally left Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Friday for Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, she said. But she says the flight was diverted to San Antonio Friday because of storms in the Dallas area.
Lunsford says FAA investigators are on their way to the site and the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified.