Iranian Passenger Plane Slides Off Runway Into Highway, Passengers Safe

A Caspian Airlines plane slid off the runway onto a highway on landing at an airport in southwestern Iran on Monday.

An Iranian passenger plane is seen after sliding off the runway upon landing at Mahshahr airport, Iran on Jan. 27, 2020. (Mohammad Zarei/ISNA News Agency/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)

DUBAI—A Caspian Airlines plane slid off the runway onto a highway on landing at an airport in southwestern Iran on Monday, but all passengers were evacuated without injury, Iranian state media reported.

“It ran out of runway when landing at Mahshahr airport with no casualties,” state news agency IRNA said.