Iran-Bound Plane Slides Off Runway in Sweden
NY TIMES / ASSOCIATED PRESS
16-Jan-2010

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- An Iran Air-owned Airbus bound for Tehran slid off a Stockholm runway on Saturday, but no one was hurt, a Swedish airport official said.

Some 172 people, including 23 crew members, were on board the Airbus 300-600 when it swerved off the runway and glided some 130 yards (100 meters) into the snow. Everyone was safely evacuated, Arlanda airport spokesman Anders Bredfall said.

One of the airport's three runways as officials launched an investigation into the accident.

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