Delta airplane skids off icy taxiway in Wisconsin – but none of the 107 passengers on board were injured
- Delta Air Lines flight 1770 slid of the taxiway amid icy conditions on Saturday
- The flight, headed for Atlanta, slid and partially left the taxiway around 6.15am at Green May Austin Straubel International Airport and ended up in a grass area
- There were 107 customers on board the Boeing 717 aircraft at the time
- Passengers deplaned and boarded another aircraft
- No injuries were reported and there was no damage to the aircraft
- ‘It was scary at first because people kind of jumped and screamed a bit,’ passenger Jake Liebergen said on the incident
A Delta Air Lines plane slid off a taxiway amid icy conditions Saturday morning at an airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin and ended up partially in grass.
Flight 1770 was headed for Atlanta when it slid and partially left the taxiway around 6.15am at Green May Austin Straubel International Airport.
However, no injuries were reported nor was there any damage to the plane. The passengers were removed off that aircraft and loaded onto an alternate plane.
There were 107 customers on board the Boeing 717 aircraft at the time and Delta assessed the plane for any potential damage.
‘It was scary at first because people kind of jumped and screamed a bit,’ passenger Jake Liebergen said to WBAY.
Delta Air Lines flight 1770 slid of the taxiway amid icy conditions on Saturday. The flight, headed for Atlanta, slid and partially left the taxiway around 6.15am at Green May Austin Straubel International Airport. The plane pictured above
However, no injuries were reported nor was there any damage to the plane. The passengers were removed off that aircraft and loaded onto an alternate plane as the jet was assessed
‘We noticed he was going pretty fast around the corner and slid a little bit,’ Liebergen said. ‘And out of our window we saw snow coming and before we knew it, we were right in the snow and the plane tipped.’
‘I fly a lot and usually problems cause infrequent passengers to really get excited,’ passenger Kent Maxwell said. ‘That didn’t happen on this flight. I think most people can relate to sliding off the road into a ditch.’
On Saturday morning conditions were icy and freezing drizzle was reported in Green Bay, creating dangerous driving conditions that caused several vehicle crashes in the area.
‘It was scary at first because people kind of jumped and screamed a bit,’ passenger Jake Liebergen said on the incident
The scene: This image posted by a passenger shows how the plane slid off a taxiway and seemed to end up in the grass
However, it’s not clear if the icy weather is what caused the plane to slide, Airport Director Marty Piette said to the Green Bay Press Gazette.
He said airport staff were aware of the icy conditions and treated the taxiway with sand and alerted pilots of the icy and slippery conditions.
Delta has issued an apology for the incident.
‘We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and delay of Delta flight 1770. Our teams in Green Bay, Wis. quickly worked with airport officials to safely deplane customers onto buses to be re-accommodated on an alternate aircraft,’ a Delta Air Lines spokesperson said.