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DHL cargo plane skidded off a runway and ended up on a road near the
airport in Bergamo early Friday, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority
said.
A cargo plane skidded off the runway and into the road at the Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport in Italy.
The
plane, a Boeing 737-400, lost control during the landing, went off the
runway, plowed through a fence and crashed into the nearby road.
The two people onboard, the captain and first officer, were unharmed, according to a statement from the Italian authorities.
The
DHL courier company's Boeing 737-400 cargo aircraft rests on a road
after it came off the runway after landing at the airport of Bergamo
Orio al Serio, Italy, on Friday, August 5.
"It
is understood that there was heavy rain at the airport at the time of
the incident,"ASL Airlines Hungary, which owns the aircraft, said in a
statement. "A rapid response team has been dispatched from the airline's
headquarters in Budapest."
A cargo plane, Boeing 373 belonging to DHL couriers has dramatically crashed onto a road in Italy.
Dramatic
pictures of the incident showed the aircraft protruding well into the
road with debris shattered on the ground. Workers at the scene estimated
that it would take hours to clean up the scene, CNN affiliate Rai News
24 reported.
Flight
BCS 7332 had departed from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and landed
early Friday morning at the Orio al Serio Airport in northern Italy.
The airport has since re-opened, but the incident resulted in several delayed or canceled flights.
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