Mike Pence's plane skids off runway in NYC; no injuries reported


While landing in stormy weather Thursday night in New York City, Mike Pence's airplane skidded off the runway at LaGuardia Airport and came to a stop at the perimeter fence.
None of the 37 people on board — including members of Pence's staff, the press, and his wife and daughter, Charlotte — were injured. The Republican vice presidential nominee was flying in from Fort Dodge, Iowa, for a fundraiser at Trump Tower, which has since been canceled. The flight was delayed two hours due to rain in New York, and Vaugh Hillyard of NBC News, who was on the plane, called it a "tough landing.... we felt skidding, and the plane started to swerve to the right. There was some bumping, then the plane stopped." The airport is now closed, and an investigation is underway.
Update 8:58 p.m.: On Twitter, Mike Pence said he is "so thankful everyone on our plane is safe. Grateful for our first responders and the concern and prayers of so many. Back on the trail tomorrow!"
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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