Tues Jun 14 7:31 pm
A small private jet skidded off the runway
at Norwood Memorial Airport Tuesday morning. No passengers were on
board yet, but the plane was on its way to pick up New England
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Federal Aviation
Administration authorities said there were only two pilots on board
the Dassault Falcon 10 jet. Neither were injured. The accident
occurred about 11:30 a.m.
NewsCenter 5's Kelley Tuthill reported that Brady was waiting for
the plane in the airport lobby when it overshot the runway. The
aircraft, owned by Northeastern Aviation, was supposed to take Brady
to Las Vegas for a speaking arrangement.
"We were checking out the window, and we watched the landing. It
was, as we refer to in the business, landing hot. He was unable to
get it stopped, and it ran off in the safety overrun area at the
other end of the runway," airport worker Len Carroll said.
"I turned around and I looked and I saw a cloud of dust, I just said
to someone, 'Did that plane just crash?' I turned around and I came
back into the office and we started talking to see what I could do,"
airport worker Tonya Zbyszewski said.
Brady made other travel arrangements after the plane became stuck in
the mud at the end of the runway.
The incident remained under investigation.
The airport's Web site says "private, corporate, and chartered
aircraft frequently use the airport when bringing in visitors to
Foxboro Stadium, home to the New England Patriots football team and
the Revolution Soccer team, as well as concert goes to the nearby
Tweeter Center."
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