(Bloomberg) — A United Airlines Holdings Inc. aircraft ran off the taxiway into a grassy area after landing at Houston Friday, the third incident this week involving the airline’s Boeing Co. planes.
United Flight 2477, with 160 passengers and six crew, had just landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport about 8 a.m. local time Friday when it veered into the grass on a turn. No one was injured, and passengers left the plane on a set of stairs before being bused to the terminal, the airline said.
The incident follows the mid-air loss of a tire from a United Boeing 777-200 Thursday, just after the plane took off from San Francisco on a flight to Osaka, Japan, and an engine fire on a United flight from Houston to Fort Myers, Florida, earlier this week.
The plane in the Houston-to-Florida flight had to make an emergency landing after one of its engines burst into flames 10 minutes after takeoff. The 21-year-old aircraft was also a 737 — but an earlier version than the Max, according to FlightRadar24.
Boeing shares fell as much as 1.4% after the United incident on Friday. The stock declined 0.8% as of 11:07 a.m. in New York, continuing a drop that’s the worst among members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate Friday’s incident, which involved a Boeing 737 Max 8. The 777 headed to Osaka had 249 people on board. It diverted to Los Angeles International Airport and landed without incident. The tire that plummeted down damaged at least one car in an airport parking lot.
