Heavy Midwest Rains Cause Plane to Skid off Runway

Written by Pat's Papers | Wednesday, 27 April 2011 7:38 AM

It just won’t stop raining in the Midwest. Several parts of region are experiencing severe flooding after weeks of above-average rainfalls. The Chicago Tribune says there was so much rain on the tarmac yesterday that a Southwest plane skidded off the runway and landed in a mud patch. According to the Tribune, the plane came to a stop “150 feet from a wall separating the airport grounds from the street, with the nose pointed directly at a White Castle drive-through.” Passengers said the accident “felt like landing in a lake.”

Here’s how the flooding played out out some front pages around the Midwest:

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