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Plane veers off runway in northern Manitoba

Passengers faced a long walk to the airport in Shamattawa Sunday evening, January 19, 2020, after the plane they were in veered off the runway into a snowbank.

A Perimeter Aviation flight with 11 passengers on board landed at the airport around 5:oo pm on a flight bound from Thompson.

Perimeter Aviation Plane sits on snowbank after veering off a runway in Shamattawa (Eric Redhead)

The plane made it to the ground safely but as it was taxiing along the runway it suddenly veered right and crashed into a snowbank.

Perimeter Aviation plane sits in a snowbank on side of the runway in Shamattawa (Eric Redhead)

The plane suffered damage to one of its propellers but it is not known yet what else may have been damaged.

No one was injured in the crash.

© News4.ca 2020

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