United Airlines Plane Skids Off Runway at Rochester Airport
By: Chris Wannagat
Updated: February 23, 2012
A plane skidded off the runway late Wednesday at the Greater Rochester International Airport with 45 passengers on board.
The United flight landed in Rochester from Chicago around 11:30 p.m..
According to passengers, the pilot told them that he put on the brakes on and reversed the engines, but they weren't able to grab any traction.
Passengers were stuck on the plane for about 20 minutes before emergency crews started to get them off the plane.
Passengers said their biggest concern now is getting their luggage -- which they've been told they won't arrive until later today at the earliest.
