Plane overruns runway during arrival at JFK

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Plane overruns runway during arrival at JFK

NEW YORK (AP) =97 A cargo plane overran a runway while arriving at New=
 York's=20
JFK International Airport early Friday, authorities said. There were three=
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crew members aboard the plane, and none of them were injured, according to=
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Pasquale DiFulco, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New=20
Jersey. DiFulco said there may be some damage to the plane, a MD-11=20
operated by Gemini Air Cargo. The plane stopped in an area at the end of=20
the runway called an arrester bed at about 4:30 a.m., DiFulco said. The=20
arrester bed, designed to stop planes safely when they continue past the=20
end of the runway, appeared to have worked properly, DiFulco said. The=20
airport did not close, though traffic stopped briefly, he said. A message=20
left at the offices of Gemini Air Cargo, based in Dulles, Va. was not=20
immediately returned.

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