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2010-03-24 17:08:42 - Vehicle Incident - Canada EDIS CODE: VIV-20100324-25443-CAN Date & Time: 2010-03-24 17:08:42 [UTC] Area: Canada, Province of New Brunswick, Greater Moncton International Airport, Moncton Damage level: Low (Level 1) Not confirmed information! Description: A Cargojet plane skidded off the runway at the Greater Moncton International Airport early Wednesday, but no one was injured. Rob Robichaud, the New Brunswick airport's general manager, said it was raining heavily at the time but he couldn't say if the weather was a factor. The cargo plane's crew emerged unharmed from the morning incident. Further details were not immediately available. "As far as we know the crew are fine, the cargo is fine and our emergency response plan kicked in as it was supposed to," Robichaud said. He said flight arrivals and departures scheduled for Wednesday morning were not affected. Transportation Safety Board officials will investigate the incident. The airport in southeastern New Brunswick is the second-largest cargo airport in the Maritimes, behind Halifax.
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