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Passenger jet goes off Denver runway; 38 hurt
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-12-22 08:38


In this image taken from video released by KUSA-TV in Denver is shown a Continental Airlines Boeing 737 on Sunday, December 21, 2008 in Denver. [Agencies] 


No deaths were reported, but 38 people were taken to hospitals, said Kim Day, Denver International Airport manager of aviation. No one was reported in critical condition.

Debris remained on the runway, with the plane about 200 meters away and its landing gear shorn off, Hynes said.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known. The weather in Denver was cold but not snowy when Continental Flight 1404 took off from Denver International Airport for Houston around 6:20 p.m. local time.

The plane veered off course about 2,000 feet (609 meters) from the end of the runway and did not appear to be airborne, Day said.