a charter plane carrying republican vice-presidential nominee mike pence skidded off a runway shortly after landing at new york<u+2019>s la guardia airport on thursday night, authorities said. the plane was carrying more than 40 people, including members of mr. pence<u+2019>s staff and reporters. there were no injuries reported and everyone on board got off the aircraft safely, said a spokesman with the port authority of new york and new jersey. mr. pence, the governor of indiana, could be seen shaking hands with first responders shortly after the incident. <u+201c>so thankful everyone on our plane is safe. grateful for our first responders & the concern & prayers of so many. back on the trail tomorrow!<u+201d> he tweeted later thursday. the plane skidded off the runway shortly before 8 p.m. in the rain and came to rest in the grass just past the runway, authorities said. the airport was briefly shut down after the incident but was reopened later thursday night. at a rally in ohio, republican presidential nominee donald trump said he had spoken with his running mate. <u+201c>the plane skidded off the runway and was pretty close to grave, grave danger. but i just spoke to mike pence and he<u+2019>s fine,<u+201d> mr. trump told the audience. democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton tweeted: <u+201c>glad to hear @mike_pence, his staff, secret service, and the crew are all safe.<u+201d> mr. pence had been flying from iowa to new york for a fundraiser, which was canceled after the incident. after the plane landed, he went back to make sure other passengers were unharmed, according to reporters on board. the national transportation safety board was expected to take over the investigation of the incident, patrick foye, executive director of the port authority, said at a news conference on thursday night. mr. foye said an earlier plane reported the runways as being in good condition. <u+2014>zolan kanno-youngs contributed to this article. write to rebecca ballhaus at rebecca.ballhaus@wsj.com and pervaiz shallwani at pervaiz.shallwani@wsj.com
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