DHL plane crashes on road after overshooting runway at Italian airport (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
A Boeing 737 cargo plane belonging to DHL was arriving at Bergamo’s Orio al Serio international airport in Italy from Paris when it skidded off the wet runway and smashed through multiple barriers.
737 Runway overrun at #BGY - #aviation#accident#bergamo#orioalseriopic.twitter.com/WMBj4mbFQs
— Malpensa Spotters (@MSG_spotters) August 5, 2016
Dramatic pictures from the scene posted on social media show just how close the DHL aircraft came to causing serious injury to anyone traveling on the road at the time. Miraculously nobody, including the three crew members on board, was harmed.
The crash happened at 4am local time Friday and caused the temporary closure of the airport, which is in the Lombardy region.
Un avión de DHL se sale de pista en el aeropuerto de Bérgamo (Italia) pic.twitter.com/thLp4puvr5
— Guzmán Garmendia (@GuzmanGarmendia) August 5, 2016
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#DHL cargo jet from #Paris overshoots runway at #Bergamo airport #Italy & crashes on busy road Orio al Serio pic.twitter.com/fvwdwPj7B4
— Lucifer (@LuciferRasheed) August 5, 2016
Some flights had to be rescheduled and rerouted as a result of the incident, but a statement from Sacbo, the company that runs Bergamo, said the airport was back up and running as of 6:47am.
