Airport is currently responding to aircraft that slid off pavement. No reported injuries. Airport is still open. We’ll share more here on Twitter as we receive details.
— CVG Airport (@CVGairport) January 13, 2019
Update 2 of 2: 126 passengers + Crew were on board. Passengers were transported to the Terminal via ground transport & continued their travel. An emergency was not declared. The airport remains open & operational.
— CVG Airport (@CVGairport) January 13, 2019
Delta Flight 1709 was moving from one area of the airport to another after landing safely from Las Vegas at 5:30 a.m. The plane left the pavement of a taxiway on its way to the terminal, according to a tweet from CVG Airport.
Passengers and employees were in the plane, but no one was injured, according to a tweet posted from the airport just after 6:15 a.m.
Update: all passengers have deplaned the aircraft & brought to the terminal. Confirming no injuries reported. Airport remains open & operational. Please check back for more details.
— CVG Airport (@CVGairport) January 13, 2019
All passengers were able to exit the plane and were brought back to the terminal through ground transport by about 7:15 a.m.
An emergency was not declared, and the airport remained open and operational.
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