Airport uses cranes to clear overshot flight
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How do you deal with an aircraft which overshot the runway? /VCG Photo

How do you deal with an aircraft which overshot the runway? /VCG Photo

Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport in east China’s Jiangsu Province dispatched more than 100 staff members and 10 vehicles, including cranes, excavators and a trailer to remove an aircraft. /VCG Photo

Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport in east China’s Jiangsu Province dispatched more than 100 staff members and 10 vehicles, including cranes, excavators and a trailer to remove an aircraft. /VCG Photo

The ground staff used excavators to do some digging in the lawn where the aircraft finally skidded. Then two cranes were arranged on both sides of the plane and moved it to a trailer. It took some 15 hours to clear the runway and the lawn. /VCG Photo

The ground staff used excavators to do some digging in the lawn where the aircraft finally skidded. Then two cranes were arranged on both sides of the plane and moved it to a trailer. It took some 15 hours to clear the runway and the lawn. /VCG Photo

A business plane overshot the runway of the airport and skidded down to a lawn during a pilot training on Sunday. No casualties were reported while the airport has resumed normal operations. /VCG Photo

A business plane overshot the runway of the airport and skidded down to a lawn during a pilot training on Sunday. No casualties were reported while the airport has resumed normal operations. /VCG Photo