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Plane leaves runway after landing | |
(10 minutes later) | |
An aeroplane on a flight from Glasgow has skidded off the runway after landing at Lanzarote airport in the Canary Islands. | |
The Air Europa Boeing-737 plane had 74 people on board when the incident happened at about 0710 GMT. | |
The aeroplane is understood to have come to a halt close to a beach. Passengers are said to have been shaken but otherwise unharmed. | |
The airport has been closed while the emergency services remove the aircraft. | The airport has been closed while the emergency services remove the aircraft. |
It is understood Flight UX-196 was a charter flight. | |
Spanish airport authority spokesman Alberto Martin Carvajal said the aircraft left the runway near the end of the landing strip. | |
The plane is reported to have ended up perpendicular to the runway. | |
Mr Carvajal said passengers and crew were evacuated from the plane and no-one was hurt. | |
The Spanish Interior Ministry office in the Canary Islands confirmed the flight had been carrying 74 passengers and crew members. |