Plane skids off runway in Italy, crashes into road

A DHL cargo plane skidded off a runway and ended up on a road near the airport in Bergamo, Italy, early Friday, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority said. The plane, a Boeing 737-400, lost control during the landing, went off the runway, plowed through a fence and crashed into the nearby road. Firefighters work on a DHL cargo plane that skidded off a runway overnight at the airport of Bergamo Orio al Serio in northern Italy, crashing through a guard rail onto a highway on Friday, August 5. The two people onboard, the captain and first officer, were unharmed, according to a statement from the Italian authorities. The DHL courier company's Boeing 737-400 cargo aircraft rests on a road after it came off the runway during landing at airport of Bergamo Orio al Serio, Italy, on Friday, August 5. "It is understood that there was heavy rain at the airport at the time of the incident," said ASL Airlines Hungary, which owns the aircraft. "A rapid response team has been dispatched from the airline's headquarters in Budapest." Dramatic pictures of the incident showed the aircraft protruding well into the road with debris shattered on the ground. <br/>