On Tuesday evening, November 30, 2010, an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft went off the runway at Montréal-Trudeau Airport. The aircraft, operating as American Airlines Flight AA802, had just arrived at Montréal after a scheduled passenger flight from Dallas-Fort Worth. No one was injured.WFAA-TV quoted an American Airlines spokesman, who said that after landing, the plane went off the runway into the grass. He said only the nose wheel tires went off the runway into the grass and mud.
The American Airlines spokesman said there were six crew members and 105 passengers on board. They deplaned using stairs.
It was raining at Montréal at the time of the incident.
UPDATE Dec 2, 2010: The Aviation Herald, quoting NAV Canada, reports that "the airplane exited the runway at a speed of about 70 knots and came to a stop between taxiways E and B2 with all gear off the southern edge of the paved surface. At the time of occurrence there was heavy rain and winds from the south at 15 knots gusting 20 knots."
The incident aircraft's registration number is N901AN.
