A United Airlines plane that was departing from an airport in Washington state and headed for Denver slid off the runway during its departure Tuesday morning and hit a snowbank.
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No injuries have been reported.
There were 175 people onboard the aircraft, Todd Woodard, director of public relations at Spokane Airport, told Mashable.
A Denver-bound flight from Spokane, Wash., slid off the taxiway Tuesday morning, officials said. The front wheels of the plane slid off the taxiway.
A spokesperson for United confirmed the airline was in the process of getting passengers off the plane and busing them back to the terminal.
According to a reporter with a local TV channel at the scene, passengers were shuttled by bus from the plane about two hours after the incident.
The airport was closed to make sure adequate braking conditions are established, the airport said on Twitter.
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We will update this story as more information becomes available.
