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Plane runs off runway at Atlanta airport

Workers prepare to tow a Delta jet back to the ramp after the Boeing 737-700 left the end of a taxiway at runway 26-L during a maintenance procedure at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 13, 2012. There were no injures but the plane sustained significant damage according to airline officials and the runway's approach end was closed for several hours. UPI/David Tulis

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Published: March. 13, 2012 at 10:42 AM

ATLANTA, March 13 (UPI) -- A plane undergoing maintenance work left a taxiway and went down an embankment at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta Tuesday, officials said.

Delta Air Lines spokesman Eric Torbenson said mechanics were testing the Boeing 737-700's engines when they "experienced a problem with the plane's braking system," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Only the two mechanics were on board the plane, Torbenson said. They were not injured.

The incident prompted a closure of the taxiway, but the Federal Aviation Administration said no flights were delayed.

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