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By Anna Skinner
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A United Airlines plane collapsed on Friday morning after it landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas.
The plane rolled into the grass when it was exiting the taxiway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It's unclear why the plane rolled into the grass, but the FAA said in a statement that the agency is investigating.
There were 160 passengers on board and six crew members. The passengers were evacuated and no injuries were reported.
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According to ABC7 Eyewitness News, the plane was landing at the airport around 8 a.m. after a flight from Memphis, Tennessee.
"All passengers have been bused to the terminal and are being assisted by our team with their onward connections and other needs," a United Airlines spokesperson told Newsweek in a statement. "We are removing luggage from the aircraft and will work to reunite customers with their belongings as quickly as possible. We are thankful for the actions of our crew to deplane all passengers safely. We will work with the NTSB, FAA and Boeing to understand what happened."
Although it's unclear what caused the incident, an X, formerly Twitter, user @AndreaM987654 claimed to be on board the aircraft and blamed the pilot.
"I was on this flight and I assure you, the landing gear didn't fail," the woman wrote. "We were landed & fully upright. Pilot ran out of runway & tried to turn too fast, we slid off. That's when landing gear was broken. Total coverup United."
"United Airlines Flight 2477 (Boeing 737 MAX 8) has suffered a left main landing gear collapse after trying to taxi off runway 27 at IAH airport in Houston, Texas," X user @thenewarea51 wrote. "It's unclear whether the gear collapsed as a result running off the taxi way or it failed. Another bad day for United Airlines."
Other X users also shared photos that showed the plane tilted on its side.
The incident comes only a few weeks after a United Airlines plane traveling to Los Angeles International Airport was forced to make an emergency landing at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago because of a bomb threat.
The anonymous note was found written on a mirror in one of the bathrooms on United Flight 1533 and threatened that the plane would explode. All 202 passengers were safely evacuated from the plane and law enforcement officials searched the plane at a remote location at the Chicago airport.
Update 3/8/24, 12:54 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.
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