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Cargo Plane Skids Off the Runway in Italy and Crashes Into a Nearby Road

Cargo Plane Skids Off the Runway in Italy and Crashes Into a Nearby Road

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August 5, 2016 3:54 AM EDT

A cargo plane crashed into a road in Italy after overshooting the runway at Bergamo’s Orio al Serio international airport early Friday.

The Boeing 737-400, belonging to courier firm DHL, landed at 4:07 a.m. local time after traveling from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Bergamo, northeast of Milan, according to the Guardian. Photos on social media show the jet resting across a two-lane road at the end of the runway.

Remarkably, no casualties were reported and the crew escaped unharmed.

Cargo esce di pista in fase di atterraggio, chiuso l’aeroporto di Bergamo https://t.co/nIg5hkN4Qn pic.twitter.com/aoTQBSNxQe
— Corriere della Sera (@Corriere) August 5, 2016

Officials reopened the airport several hours after the incident, Reuters reports.

[Guardian]

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