CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A small jet slid off a runway at Chicago Executive Airport during a snow storm Thursday in northwest suburban Wheeling.
A business jet with two people aboard went off the end of the runway at about 11:20 p.m., according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.
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The plane was stopped by the runway’s “engineered material arresting system,” which is a graded area designed to stop planes from overrunning the airfield.
The FAA didn’t provide the condition of the passengers. There were no injuries, according to media reports.
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