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Posted March 8, 2008
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Columbus, Ohio
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Airplane Skids Off Runway and Other Columbus Airport Blizzard Troubles
1: Southwest Airlines employees attempt to reschedule passengers stranded by canceled flights in the midst of a 10-year blizzard in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, March 7, 2008.
2: A college student sleeps while waiting for a flight at Columbus International Aiport, Friday, March 7, 2008. Columbus is being hit hard by a blizzard that may drop as much as a foot-and-a-half of snow.
3: Passengers try to determine the status of their flights at Columbus International Aiport, Friday, March 7, 2008. Columbus is being hit hard by a blizzard that may drop as much as a foot-and-a-half of snow.
4: A passenger tries to determine the status of his flights at Columbus International Aiport, Saturday, March 8, 2008. Columbus is being hit hard by a blizzard that may drop as much as a foot-and-a-half of snow.
5: The air traffic control tower at Columbus International Airport is enveloped in snow, Saturday, March 8, 2008. Columbus is being hit hard by a blizzard that may drop as much as a foot-and-a-half of snow.
6 + 7: Crews try Saturday, March 8 to determine how to move a Continental Airlines 737 that slipped off the end of a runway at Columbus International Airport the previous night. Because the ground was softened by milder temperatures earlier in the week, the plane is stuck in mud and has since frozen over. One of the airport's two runways remains closed late Saturday.
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