The plane that flew the Carolina Panthers home from their preseason game against the New England Patriots on Thursday ran off the taxiway at Charlotte Douglas Airport early on Friday morning.
The Delta chartered flight carrying players and staff members skidded into the mud while taxiing after landing around 2:35 a.m., according to ESPN’s David Newton. Nobody was injured in the incident, both the team and the airport said, and airfield lighting and the taxiway were fully operational. It’s unclear what led to the incident.
Delta towed the plane out of the area about three hours later, and it took about an hour for a bus to get the team from the plane to the air center.