A Southwest Airlines plane slid a runway Tuesday during heavy rains of Chicago Midway International Airport, said the airline.
Southwest flight 1919 had just landed en route to Denver when the Boeing 737-700 has ran out of runway, the airline said in a statement posted on its Web site. There was no immediate report of injuries, he said.
The report is the latest in a series of incidents following embarrassing for Southwest Airlines, which came under scrutiny this month when a fuselage rupture ripped a hole in one of its 737 s b 34 000 feet and then again when reports resurfaced as one of its aircraft was 176 yards of a small aircraft.
The National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement that it was investigating incident on Tuesday.
He y 134 passengers and five crew on Board at the time of the incident, the NTSB said.
"Passengers have landed the aircraft safely using stairs air and were transported by bus to the terminal," said the statement by the airline.
The airline based in Dallas based on 79 of its 737 s for the inspection of this month after rupture of fuselage hit a hole in the Southwest flight 812 while he was en route to Phoenix, causing a rapid depressurization of the aircraft. The crew performed an emergency descent, landing at the International of Yuma airport. No one was seriously injured, said responsible.
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That was followed by a report that driver to the Southwest, respond to a request by a fired, air traffic controller aircraft in 176 yards of a small aircraft to check the occupants after they did not recognize the radio traffic. The controller and the pilot were suspended, while federal investigators determine if violated both the Federal Aviation Administration aircraft separation minima.
Southwest Airlines did get a few good new Tuesday by the Ministry of Justice, which approved its acquisition of AirTran Airways. Southwest offered to purchase the airline for $ 1.4 billion.
Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice said it has closed its investigation Tuesday in southwestern AirTran proposed purchase, saying: it determined that the merger "will likely step to lessen competition.".
Southwest Airlines, which recorded revenues of 12.1 billion in revenue in 2010, serves 72 cities in the United States. Based in Orlando AirTran reported revenues of $ 2.6 billion. It flies to 69 cities of the United States to the Mexico and the Caribbean.CNN Justin Lear and Chelsea j. Carter contributed to this report.
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