American Airlines Flight Veers off North Carolina Runway
CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 11 (UPI) — A Paris-bound American Airlines flight veered off the runway at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, leaving a three-foot deep, 15-foot long gash on the pavement.
Flight 786 was lining up for takeoff about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when it attempted a U-turn and veered off the runway, airline spokeswoman Alexis Aran Coello said. No one was hurt.
Maintenance workers inspected the airplanes’ left landing gear and deemed it safe to fly. The flight was scheduled to land in Paris at 8:25 a.m., but was delayed until 10:27 a.m. Thursday.
