Crime & Safety
Plane Skids Off Runway at Sikorsky Airport
Plane was reportedly undergoing maintenance when operator lost control.
A brake malfunction reportedly caused an airplane at Sikorsky Airport Friday to skid about 25 feet off a runway.
No one was injured in the incident called in at about 11:35 a.m., according to a post on the Stratford Fire Department's Facebook page.
Airport manager John Ricci told the Connecticut Post that the plane never left the ground and a brake malfunction caused the overshot of the runway.
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Citing emergency dispatches, the Post reported that the plane was smoky before coming to a stop but was quickly extinguished.
Though it's not clear if a longer runway would have prevented today's incident, at the Stratford airport, which is owned by Bridgeport, has been a contentious topic for some years now.
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"Maybe they should increase the runway length ... oh wait they been trying that for years," writes Tom Onze on the Stratford Fire Department's Facebook page.
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