Southwest flight veers off taxiway at MacArthur Airport
Officials say there were 136 passengers on board when the Boeing 737 veered off the taxiway this morning. (December 27, 2012 11:31 PM)
A Southwest plane veered off the runway. Police say a Tampa-bound Southwest flight veered off of a taxiway at MacArthur Airport this morning and got itself stuck in a muddy patch of grass.
Southwest flight 4695 was a few hundred feet from the MacArthur terminal when it suddenly missed a turn on the taxiway. Its nose wheel got stuck in the mud near two taxiways, named Alpha and Sierra.
Passenger Mike Savino Jr., of Wading River,...
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