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Just heard it on CNN, incoming and outgoing flights cancelled now. No reports of injuries yet, 98 people onboard.

There is live video on CNN right now.
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local ... 02850.html

Plane Slides Off Runway At Midway Airport
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(CBS) CHICAGO CBS 2 has learned a plane has slid off the runway at Midway Airport and onto Central Ave.

It reportedly went through a field and through a wall. Reports indicate part of the plane may be on Central Ave.

The plane is being evacuated.

Ten ambulances have been sent to the scene.

From http://www.cnn.com


BREAKING NEWS A jetliner trying to land in heavy snow and wind at Midway International Airport, Chicago, slid off a runway , authorities report.
A Southwest Airlines jet skidded off a runway during a driving snowstorm at Chicago's Midway Airport on Thursday night, slamming through a fence and sliding into an intersection, hitting at least one car, a spokeswoman for Chicago's Department of Aviation said. There were no immediate reports to injuries of passengers, spokeswoman Wendy Abrams.

Sounds like everyone on the plane got off safe...

1 person reported seriously hurt driving a vehicle which was either hit by the plane, or had no time to stop before hitting the plane on Central Ave.

Plane Crashes Through Fence At Midway Airport

POSTED: 7:27 pm CST December 8, 2005
UPDATED: 8:09 pm CST December 8, 2005

CHICAGO -- An EMS Plan 2 was called and emergency vehicles responded to a jetliner attempting to land that slid off a runway at Midway International Airport amid heavy snow and wind.

The jet was landing on a runway at Midway when it skidded through a fence at the southwest corner of the airport, coming to rest on Central Avenue near 55th Street. At least one car was hit by the plane.

Larry Langford, spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department, said there are two serious injuries in that automobile. The vehicle was lodged under the aircraft following the accident.

A second vehicle was also involved, according to Langford.

A Chicago Lawn District officer said the accident occurred at around 7:10 p.m.

A witness told NBC5 that the entire jet was through the fence and on the roadway.

The plane is a Southwest Airlines 737 and 98 passengers were onboard the jet.

No passengers aboard the aircraft apparently suffered injuries, according to Wendy Abrams, city Department of Aviation spokeswoman.

Firefighters were assisting people who might have been injured on the street, she said, and NBC5 learned that emergency crews were removing a victim from the passenger's side of a car involved in the collision.

Langford said that there was no fire involved in the collision, although there was a small fuel leak. That leak, he said, was quickly contained.

Langford said that 55th Street will be shut down for a long while as the accident is investigated.

The aircraft has been identified as Southwest flight 1248, arriving in Chicago from Baltimore.

Reports indicate that the plane may have made a hard landing before skidding off the runway.

Burbank!!!

I hope everyone is OK...

MDW is closed until tomorrow morning. Aircraft involved was ship #471, N471WN.

Unconfirmed reports that all in the car were killed...hope that this isn't true...

I haven't heard any reports of any deaths.. Just injuries from those in the car.. but some injuries are critical/serious..

5 people injured on the ground in cars... at least one critical. Some woman on CNN is claiming 3 of the people were killed, but that is not confirmed.

nystate wrote:Burbank!!!

My VERY first thought...

9.1 inches at Midway. Why on earth was the airport even open???

Burbank?

March 5, 2000. Burbank, California. Southwest Airlines 737. Picture speaks a thousand words, luckily no one was killed in the Burbank crash-

Holy Cross hospital has treated 4 people per Fox News...

ah Ok..

On a side note.. I wish gas prices were that low now Looking at the sign right behind the plane there

Josephine96 wrote:ah Ok..

On a side note.. I wish gas prices were that low now Looking at the sign right behind the plane there

Yep...that explains it! Pilots were flying low when they saw those gas prices and said, "Man, we need to fill 'er up!"

I guess tonight the pilots decided that they wanted to have a snowball fight...?

LOL.. kinda like at the Giants game a few years ago..

More seriously.. I do hope everyone's OK..

News conference on CNN now... 12 injuries... 9 on the ground in 2 cars, 3 on the plane.