NASA jet winds up off runway at Ellington Field

Tuesday, March 5, 2019
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A NASA jet aborted its takeoff at Ellington Field on Tuesday.

According to officials with the Houston Airport System, the aircraft wound up going off the end of the runway.
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There were no injuries reported.

ABC13 Eyewitness News learned the plane was rolling out for launch when it lost control of the nose gear and veered off into the grass.
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Eyewitness News reached out to a NASA official, who said it was working an incident at the southeast Houston airport. The agency, though, wouldn't elaborate.

SkyEye13 captured images of the aircraft resting partially on a grassy field next to the runway.
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