Airliner Slides Off Snowy Taxiway Into Grass at Denver Airport

By NBC News Staff

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Airliner Slides Off Snowy Taxiway Into Grass at Denver Airport

November 11, 2012 Updated Nov 11, 2012 at 11:34 AM PDT

DENVER -- A Southwest Airlines jet carrying 125 passengers and five crew members slid off a snowy taxiway at Denver International Airport on Saturday afternoon, officials said.

Flight 1905, a Boeing 737 traveling from Oakland to Denver, landed on Runway 35 Right in Denver and exited the runway onto a high-speed taxiway, NBC News' Jay Blackman reported. The aircraft slid off the taxiway onto the grass.

An airport spokesperson said no injuries had been reported, NBC station KUSA reported.

Those on the plane were taken to the British Airways lounge, KUSA said.

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