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Plane skids off runway at Las Vegas airport, hits fence
Plane skids off Las Vegas runway, hits fence causing delays.
In brief
Plane skids off Las Vegas runway, hits fence causing delays. A plane skidded off Harry Reid International Airport's runway 1L, hitting a perimeter fence and causing 359 flight delays and two cancellations. Originally reported by 8newsnow.
Plane skids off runway
A plane skidded off runway 1L at Harry Reid International Airport.
Hits perimeter fence
The plane made contact with the perimeter fence.
Possible traveler delays
Runways 1R and 1L will be closed for inspection causing possible delays for travelers.
FAA ground stop
The FAA issued a ground stop for Harry Reid International Airport around 12:50 p.m.
Flight delays and cancellations
As of 1:40 p.m., there were 359 delays and two cancellations at Reid Airport.
Runways reopened
The ground stop was lifted around 2:50 p.m., and runways 1R and 1L have reopened.
The takeaway
A plane skidded off Harry Reid International Airport's runway 1L, hitting a perimeter fence and causing 359 flight delays and two cancellations.
