San Antonio Airport runway reopened

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I think it was UA#5996, based on the reporting below.

reagan

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SKW5996/history/20080907/2231Z/KLAX/KSAT

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Airport_runway_temporarily_shut=
_down.html

Updated: Airport runway reopened=20

Officials opened one runway at San Antonio International Airport about 9:45=
 p.m. after a United Airlines regional jet ran off a runway earlier this ev=
ening, airport officials said. Both commercial runways were closed for almo=
st two hours.

No injuries were reported and all 70 passengers were shuttled off the aircr=
aft, which is currently waiting to be investigated by Federal Aviation Admi=
nistration officials.

David Hebert, a spokesman for the airport, said airport officials haven't y=
et determined if the plane went off the runway during landing or if the pil=
ot had trouble steering the aircraft while it taxied en route to the termin=
al. He did say that the plane appeared to be having some sort of mechanical=
 difficulties.

=E2=80=9CWe don't at this point know how serious it was in the sense did it=
 go off the runway while it was landing or was the pilot unable to steer af=
ter landing,=E2=80=9D he said.

Sunday night's incident, which was reported around 7:50 p.m., closed the pr=
imary commercial runway at the airport. The other commercial runway was alr=
eady closed for construction, Hebert said.

While the runways were shut down, incoming flights already in the air were =
diverted to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Flights headed toward S=
an Antonio that were awaiting take-off were delayed by as much as two hours=
. =0A=0A=0A      

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