Small plane skids off runway in Portland

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PORTLAND – A small two-engine airplane skidded off one of the runways at the Portland International Jetport when its landing gear collapsed Friday evening, officials said. The Cessna 421B veered off the runway and hit one of the runway lights after the right landing gear…
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PORTLAND – A small two-engine airplane skidded off one of the runways at the Portland International Jetport when its landing gear collapsed Friday evening, officials said.

The Cessna 421B veered off the runway and hit one of the runway lights after the right landing gear gave way, said Jim Peters, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in New York.

Neither of the two people aboard the plane were hurt, Peters said.

The incident happened at 7:36 p.m. The leased airplane, which was manufactured in 1973, was scheduled to land in Portland but it’s unclear where the flight originated, Peters said.


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