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Boeing 737 Ends Up Just Feet From Ocean After Overshooting Runway

The aircraft shuddered to a halt less than 50 feet from the sea shore at a Norwegian airport.

Authorities are looking into why a Boeing 737 flight overshot the runway upon landing at a Norwegian airport, leaving passengers terrified as the aircraft trundled toward a nearby shoreline and came to a stop less than 50 feet from the icy waves. A spokesperson for Norwegian Airlines has said there were roughly 165 passengers and six crew members on board the Oslo to Molde flight at the time, none of whom appear to have been injured when the incident took place on Thursday night. They added there had been strong winds in the area, and that the runway had likely been slippery due to icy conditions. It’s not the only time a hair-raising 737 flight has made headlines in recent weeks, with a Southwest Airlines aircraft hit by a bullet while taking off from Dallas Love Field Airport earlier in November.