A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft went off a taxiway immediately after landing at 4 p.m. Monday at the Dane County Regional Airport The Fond Du Lac Wisconsin News reported.
Officials had to close the airport for an hour after the flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul was finally able to skid to a halt when it left the main runway.
"(The flight) exited the pavement and came in contact with snow adjacent to the runway during taxi away from the runway," the airline said in a statement.
Passengers were transported by bus to their terminal no more than 45 minutes after the endeavor, and given $100 travel vouchers for the next flight they go on.
"There was about two inches of snow on the ground at the time of the accident, with light snow falling and visibilities down to about a quarter of a mile," Alan Raymond, a meteorologist with weather.com meteorologist told The Independent.
Dane County airport got 2.7 inches of snow from a storm that started in the afternoon and created havoc for drivers on roads.
"It was a bad day for mass transit," Sgt. Tim Patton of the Madison Police Department told The News. "But considering that planes and trains were involved and nobody was hurt, that was a pretty good day."
Some passengers aboard the plane shared detail about their experience.
"It just kept going straight," Kevin Fearon a passenger on the plane told The News. "You felt that it was skidding."
"Just like a car when you can't stop," Denise Penn, another passenger on the flight told The News. "That was it - it was really a non-event."
Monday's incident is the latest one since a United Express flight coming from Chicago Dec. 2, 2007 did not go onto a taxiway from the runway in slippery elements according to archives at the State-Journal. No injuries were reported.
