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Southwest Flight Which Left From DIA Slides Off Chicago Runway

CHICAGO (CBS) - A Southwest Airlines flight that was headed from Denver to Chicago Tuesday slid off the runway at Midway Airport and came to a stop in muddy turf.

The accident happened with Flight 1919, which had 140 people on board. It arrived in Chicago just after 12:30 p.m.

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Emergency crews on the scene helped remove passengers from the plane.

There were no reports of injures.

The plane took off from Denver at about 10 a.m., according to FlightAware.com.

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