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Air France plane skids off runway in Montreal: TV

TORONTO
Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:42pm EDT
The tail of an Air France passenger jet, is seen at Nice international airport June 3, 2008. An Air France aircraft skidded off the runway at Montreal's Trudeau airport on Tuesday but there were no apparent injuries or serious damage, Canada's Global Television network reported. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

TORONTO (Reuters) - An Air France-KLM Boeing 747 aircraft skidded off the runway at Montreal's Trudeau airport on Tuesday but there were no injuries or serious damage, Canada's Global Television network reported.

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The network said the plane overshot the runway and became stuck in the grass after landing on a flight from Paris.

Passengers were taken off by emergency crews.

Planes continued to land and take off at the airport, the network said.

(Reporting Ted Kerr; Editing by Jackie Frank)
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