JetBlue flight skids off runway at Boston Logan Airport, passengers evacuated

A JetBlue flight skidded off the runway at Boston Logan airport Thursday morning, leaving all flights at the international travel hub grounded, according to police.
JetBlue Flight 312, an Airbus A220-300, was landing on runway 33-L just before noon after leaving from Chicago when it went off the runway, according to 7 News.
A JetBlue plane has skidded off the runway at Boston Logan airport.
WCVB
Nobody was hurt in the accident, and all passengers were taken to a nearby terminal.
A total ground stop on all flights is in place at the airport until 2 p.m. Thursday.
The accident comes during a day of heightened air travel fears after a passenger plane crashed in India early Thursday, killing more than 200 people.

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