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The Boeing 737 MAX 8, which arrived from Memphis, “rolled
onto the grass when exiting onto the taxiway around 8 a.m.,” the Federal
Aviation Administration said in a statement.
“The passengers deplaned on the taxiway and were bused to
the terminal,” the FAA added.
No injuries were reported among the 160 passengers and six
crew members, who used stairs to exit the plane, according to reports. Airport
operations were unaffected, officials said.
Video from the airport shows the aircraft tilting to one
side with the left wing touching the ground off the runway. A group of
passengers is seen getting on a bus on the tarmac.
“As it was exiting the runway for the gate, the aircraft
left the pavement and entered the grass along Runway 9-27,” United told
Click2Houston in a statement.
One of the passengers said the landing felt smooth, but that
he felt bumps during the taxi.
”Felt like when you have a flat tire in a car,” the
unidentified passenger told the outlet.
The
Houston Fire Department and Houston Airport Operations responded and safely
evacuated all the passengers.
Friday’s incident was the third involving a United plane
this week.
On Thursday, a Japan-bound flight was forced to divert to
Los Angeles International Airport when the plane lost a tire after taking off
in San Francisco.
The falling landing gear damaged several cars in the parking
lot of San Francisco International Airport after the Boeing 777-20 took off
around 11:30 a.m., officials said.
The plane, carrying 235 passengers and 14 crew members,
landed safely at LAX. No injuries were reported.
On Monday, a flight was forced to make an emergency landing
back in Houston just minutes after it took off for Fort Myers, Florida, when
flames could be seen coming out of an engine.
No one was injured.
Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board is
investigating an incident involving a United Boeing 737 MAX 8 whose rudder
pedals got stuck as the plane touched down at Newark Liberty International
Airport on Feb. 6, Bloomberg News reported.
After the flight carrying 155 passengers and six crew
members landed, the pilots said the pedals wouldn’t move, according to the
outlet, which cited an NTSB report released Thursday.
During a test three days later, the rudder became stuck
again, so the airline notified the NTSB.
No “obvious malfunctions” were discovered on the rudder
system during an initial examination, but tests simulating low temperatures at
high altitudes showed a failure could result, according to the agency.
The system has performed without any problems after the
rudder control components were replaced.
A separate rudder issue on earlier 737 models resulted in
two fatal crashes in the 1990s, in which 157 people were killed, according to
Bloomberg.
The NTSB found in those incidents that a rare failure could
cause the rudder to swing to one side, making the planes difficult to control.
The affected parts have been redesigned.
In January, an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 carrying 177 people
lost a door plug over Oregon during a flight to California, forcing the pilot
to make an emergency landing.
The FAA has ordered all MAX 9 jets grounded and launched a
safety investigation. The agency also announced an audit of the plane’s
production line and suppliers “to evaluate Boeing’s compliance with its
approved quality procedures.”
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