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Passengers rescued after plane rolls off runway

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  • Dortmund Airport: Airbus A321 passenger jet has rolled off a runway
  • No injuries, 168 passengers aboard evacuated safely
  • Emergency crews had to free the airplane from soggy grass
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BERLIN (AP) -- Dortmund Airport says an Airbus A321 passenger jet has rolled off a runway early Friday, forcing the evacuation of 168 passengers aboard.

A spokesman for the airport says the Air Nouvel flight was in Dortmund on a layover between Berlin's Schoenefeld airport and Tunisia when it rolled off the end of the runway on takeoff.

Nobody was hurt.

The spokesman says air traffic was halted for more than an hour while crews worked to free the airplane from soggy grass.

The spokesman says the plane has been freed Friday afternoon and should travel on to Tunisia later in the day.

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