Ryanair jet skids off French runway

Updated: 15:46, Tuesday, 25 March 2008

An Ryanair airliner has skidded off the runway amid foul weather in the French city of Limoges.

1 of 1Ryanair - Plane overshot runway by 10 metres
Ryanair - Plane overshot runway by 10 metres

The jet, which was on flight from Brussels, overshot the end of the runway by 10 metres.

One pregnant passenger has been taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.

The plane had flown in from Charleroi in Belgium and most of the passengers were Belgian.

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