737 Max plane rolls off Texas runway in third Boeing mishap in a week
- The incident follows the mid-air loss of a tyre from an aircraft headed to Japan, and an engine fire on a flight from Houston to Fort Myers, Florida
- Boeing is still working to restore its reputation following a mid-air panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this year
A United Airlines Holdings Inc. aircraft ran off the taxiway into a grassy area after landing at Houston, Texas, on Friday, the third incident this week involving the airline’s Boeing planes.
United Flight 2477, with 160 passengers and six crew, had just landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport at about 8am when it veered into the grass on a turn.
No one was injured, and passengers left the plane on a set of stairs before being bused to the terminal, the airline said.
The incident follows the mid-air loss of a tyre from a United Boeing 777-200 Thursday, just after the plane took off from San Francisco on a flight to Osaka, Japan, and an engine fire on a United flight from Houston to Fort Myers, Florida, earlier this week.
The 777 headed to Osaka had 249 people on board. It diverted to Los Angeles International Airport and landed without incident. The tyre that plummeted down damaged at least one car in an airport car park.