Delta plane skids off icy taxiway at MSP Airport
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Delta Airlines flight slid off an icy taxiway at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Tuesday evening just after landing.
MSP officials say the A320 aircraft had just arrived from Los Cabos, Mexico, with 147 passengers on board "when its nose gear went off the pavement around 6:40 p.m." and got stuck in snow about 30 feet off the taxiway. No one was hurt.
BREAKING A Delta A320 landing at MSP from Cabo San Lucas went partially off a taxiway with 147 passengers on board earlier this evening. No one was injured.
— Nick Streiff (@nickstreiff) January 4, 2023
Airport says it did not impact aircraft operations. @WCCO pic.twitter.com/vwQT7hwFu7
Less than an hour after the incident, all of MSP's runways were temporarily closed because of freezing drizzle.
WCCO's David Schuman reports that members of Rosemount High School's marching band -- which just performed at the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena -- were stranded due to this situation, with half the band in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and the other half in Des Moines, Iowa.
Glad everyone’s ok.
— David Schuman (@david_schuman) January 4, 2023
Side note, this incident has stranded the Rosemount High School marching band that just performed in California’s Tournament of Roses Parade.
Half the band’s in Eau Claire, half is in Des Moines. Waiting for MSP to clear. https://t.co/3BX2CDjvbf