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Airliner overruns O'Hare runway, no injuries

Aviation officials say an American Airlines Boeing 757 has blown a tire and run off a runway during an emergency landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
/ Source: The Associated Press

Aviation officials say an American Airlines Boeing 757 has blown a tire and run off a runway during an emergency landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the airline say no injuries have been reported in the Monday afternoon incident.

They say the plane came to rest with its wheels on a grassy area off the runway.

Flight 268 was en route from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington state to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport when a cockpit indicator light alerted pilots to an "electrical system issue," said American spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan.

The plane was diverted to O'Hare, and it blew a tire as it landed.

Passengers were taken by bus to the terminal. Fagan said arrangements were made to put them on another flight to New York.