Plane landing in Canary Islands skids off runway

A plane with dozens of British holidaymakers on board skidded as it was landing in the Canary Islands Friday morning, resulting in the runway being closed but no reported injuries, according to a spokesman for airport authority.

At 7:30am on Friday, an Air Europa flight, chartered by the travel company Thomas Cook, was landing at the Lanzarote airport when it went into a skid and left the runway, the spokesman told a reporter from CNN.

The flight originated in Glasgow, and had 74 passengers and six crew on board.

A Thomas Cook spokesman said to the British media: “We can confirm that an Air Europa flight (AEA196), which was charted by Thomas Cook, was involved in a runway incident at Lanzarote’s Arrecife Airport this morning.”

The travel company’s representative added: “Thomas Cook staff were on hand at the airport to assist all passengers and can confirm that all guests are now en route to their holiday hotels. Thomas Cook has called on Air Europa and the airport authorities to provide a full explanation.”

Air Europa indicated that the plane wan not damaged and that it had begun its investigation into the cause of the incident.

Following the incident, the runway at Lanzarote airport was closed for three hours, and reopened at 10:25am local time after the plane had been moved, the Air Europa spokesman reported.

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