CRJ Slides Off Runway; Passengers Delayed All Over

If your travel plans this weekend included stops at airports in the New England region of the United States... you may be reading this story on your laptop computer, as you wile away the hours spent stuck in the terminal awaiting your delayed flight.

A major snowstorm that dropped several inches of snow in New Jersey, Rhode Island, Conneticut and New York this weekend caused a ripple effect of delays and cancellations extending into Monday, although many agreed it could have been a lot worse.

"It’s a mess, but a manageable mess," Pennsylvania State University meteorologist Fred Gadomski told The New York Times. Some forecasts ahead of the storm called for up to two feet of snow, a lot less than what actually fell.

The precipitation was enough to cause arrival delays at New York-area airports of up to 90 minutes, though airport officials said departure delays were minimal. Further north, Albany International Airport was closed part of Sunday... while half of all scheduled flights Sunday morning at Connecticut's Bradley International Airport were cancelled, though things returned to more-or-less normal by the afternoon.

The weather was also a factor in a landing accident at T.F. Green Airport in Providence, RI. A CRJ-200, operated by Air Wisconsin as US Airways Express Flight 3758, slid off the runway on landing Sunday night.

None of the 31 passengers or three crewmembers onboard the plane were injured, reported The Providence Journal, though as of Monday morning the runway remained closed.

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