NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An airplane's wheel at Tweed-New Haven Airport slid off the taxiway on Friday morning giving passengers a scare.
The Communications Manager for Avelo Airline Courtney Goff said while taxiing out for departure to Palm Beach International Airport, Avelo airlines Flight 345 conducted a tight turn on a taxiway sliding a wheel onto the adjacent grassy area.
There were 166 passengers and six crewmembers aboard the airplane and nobody was injured. All the passengers were safely taken back to the terminal after.
Tweed-New Haven Airport remained open and Avelo Airline operations will continue to go on as scheduled through the day.
Goff said they're working with customers to accommodate them in alternative flights to Palm Beach and that they are sorry about the delay.
A Communications manager at Avelo Airlines said in a statement that a gear pin was left inserted after pushback, which prevented the gear from retracting after departure from New Haven causing diversion to BDL.
"We’ll remove the pin, inspect the aircraft, refuel, and expect to depart within the next hour to continue to FLL. We are very sorry about the delay to our Customers’ travel plans this has caused," Communications Manager Courtney Goff said.
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