Plane From Rochester Skids Off Runway at Newark
By: Ben Amey
Updated: January 21, 2013
A United Express flight from Rochester blew its tires as it landed at
Newark Liberty International Airport Sunday evening and veered off the
runway.
United Express flight 4480 landed in Newark at 8:24 p.m. The flight had left Rochester around 7 p.m.
The plane blew four tires on landing and veered onto the taxiway.
Thirteen people - eight passengers and five crewmembers - were onboard the plane. Everyone was offloaded onto the taxiway, according to Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Ron Marisco.
No one was injured, Marisco said.
