A cargo plane has overshot the runway at Bergamo’s Orio al Serio international airport and crashed into a road.
The airport in Italy’s Lombardy region was temporarily closed after the incident which happened at 4am Friday morning.
Dramatic pictures showed a 737-400 aircraft belonging to courier firm DHL wedged onto a road at the end of the runway.
Un avión de DHL se sale de pista en el aeropuerto de Bérgamo (Italia) pic.twitter.com/thLp4puvr5
— Guzmán Garmendia (@GuzmanGarmendia) August 5, 2016
The plane had landed at 4.07am after a flight from Paris Charles De Gaulle.
Cargo esce di pista in fase di atterraggio, chiuso l’aeroporto di Bergamo https://t.co/nIg5hkN4Qn pic.twitter.com/aoTQBSNxQe
— Corriere della Sera (@Corriere) August 5, 2016
No one was reported to have been hurt in the crash with the crew escaping unharmed.
737 Runway overrun at #BGY - #aviation #accident #bergamo #orioalserio pic.twitter.com/WMBj4mbFQs
— Malpensa Spotters (@MSG_spotters) August 5, 2016
The Corriere della Sera newspaper said the incident happened during bad weather in the area.
Flight track of ASL Airlines flight QY7332: https://t.co/8rxlNFvIky
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) August 5, 2016
Operated by HA-FAX, a Boeing 737-400F. pic.twitter.com/tWqx1TVwEc
The paper carried a statement from Sacbo, the company that runs the airport saying the airport of Bergamo was back operating at 6.47 am.
The Italian air regulator, the National Agency for Civil Aviation, said some flights had been rescheduled and rerouted through Milan’s Malpensa airport.