Southwest Airlines Releases Statement Regarding Flight 1919 at Chicago Midway

DALLAS, April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) confirmed this afternoon that flight #1919, scheduled service from Denver to Chicago Midway, slid off a runway upon landing at Chicago's Midway Airport. Local officials report heavy rain in the area at the time the aircraft landed.

Initial reports are that no one was injured. The passengers have been safely deplaned from the aircraft using air stairs and have been bused to the terminal. Southwest officials will be working with passengers to get them to their final destinations.

The aircraft is a Boeing 737-700.

SOURCE Southwest Airlines

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