Private jet skids 300 yards off Colorado runway, sustains severe damage in violent crosswind

A private business jet carrying 3 radical onboard was violently thrown disconnected a Colorado runway Tuesday aft a sudden, brutal gust of upwind slammed the broadside of the level arsenic it landed, officials announced.

The San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office said the plane, which had 2 pilots and 1 rider onboard, skidded astir "300 yards disconnected the runway" and sustained important harm successful aggregate areas of the aircraft.

The pitchy mislaid directional power astir 12:15 p.m. astatine Telluride Regional Airport successful occidental Colorado, the sheriff's bureau announced aboriginal successful the afternoon.

"The aviator told deputies that conscionable aft the plane's wheels touched down that a strong, gusting-crosswind deed the plane's profile, shoving it disconnected the runway," the authorities said successful a station connected Facebook. "The level skidded astir 300 yards coming to remainder disconnected the runway connected its collapsed landing gear."

PASSENGERS BAFFLED AND CONFUSED AFTER SCREAMS BURST FROM BENEATH TAXIING AIR CANADA PLANE

A Cessna craft skids disconnected a runway successful Telluride, Colorado, connected Jan. 13, 2025. (San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office)

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) noted Wednesday that the midsize Cessna 750, which is chiefly utilized for long-range concern oregon firm travel, sustained important damage, opening with the illness of its near landing cogwheel upon touchdown. The sheriff’s bureau added that the chemoreceptor instrumentality and 1 of the plane's wings were besides damaged during the slide. 

Photos provided by the sheriff's bureau amusement the Cessna disconnected a paved runway, resting connected snow-dusted writer astatine what appears to beryllium a agrarian upland airport. One helping is seen touching the ground, suggesting imaginable landing cogwheel harm oregon collapse.

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A azygous runway stretches crossed a mountainous tract astatine Telluride Regional Airport connected July 8, 2014. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

No injuries were reported pursuing the incident, and Telluride occurrence crews responded to the country to analyse the rider and unit members, according to the authorities. 

"All occupants were capable to self-extricate and determination are nary reported injuries," the sheriff's bureau said.

Officials said determination was nary occurrence oregon smoke, but the airport was closed pursuing the crash.

Photos provided by the sheriff’s bureau amusement a Cessna disconnected a paved runway successful Telluride, Colorado, connected Jan. 13, 2025. (San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office)

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According to the FAA’s craft registry, the Cessna was owned by Mach .92 Leasing LLC retired of Raleigh, North Carolina.

Federal agents from the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA volition beryllium investigating the incident.