pence plane scare october 28, 2016 a campaign plane that had been carrying u.s. republican vice presidential nominee mike pence rests in the grass after it skidded off the runway while landing in the rain at laguardia 




u.s. republican vice presidential nominee mike pence and family declared safe after his plane skids off runway. 




a plane carrying u.s. republican vice presidential nominee mike pence skidded off the runway after landing in the rain at new york city's laguardia airport on thursday, halting flights for at least an hour, officials said. no one was injured in the incident which occurred less than two weeks before the u.s. presidential election, crucial campaign days for pence and running mate donald trump. pence pledged to hit the campaign trail again on friday. 




"so thankful everyone on our plane is safe," the indiana governor said on twitter after the incident. "grateful for our first responders & the concern & prayers of so many." 




the boeing 737 was coming in for a landing and went off the runway at about 7:40 p.m. local time (2340 gmt). the plane was stopped by a crushable type of concrete runway that arrested the aircraft's movement, federal aviation administration spokesman jim peters said. trump called his running mate before a rally in geneva, ohio. 




"i just spoke to mike pence and he's fine," trump told the crowd at the rally. "the plane skidded off the runway and was pretty close to grave, grave danger.<u+201d> 




the faa and national transportation safety board said they will investigate the cause of the incident. 




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