by Donald Wood
Last updated: 11:00 PM ET, Tue February 7, 2017
On Tuesday, a British Airways plane skidded off a runway in Denmark due to technical issues after it landed in icy conditions at the airport.
According to The Sun, British Airways Flight BA804 had just landed at Billund Airport in Denmark after a journey from London's Heathrow Airport when the Airbus A319 began being taxied to the terminal.
As the plane was moving off the runway, it slumped to its left and became stuck in the snowy grass around the tarmac. The incident occurred at 9:06 a.m. local time, and officials from British Airways claim the technical issue was a "hydraulics and brakes failure."
All of the passengers on the plane were safe following the incident and deplaned without incident. The captain reportedly kept calm throughout the ordeal, which helped the passengers onboard.
MetroUK's Louise Stainton shared several images of the plane stuck in the snow on Twitter:
One of the passengers on the plane-44-year-old management consultant David Edwards-told The Sun about the ordeal from his perspective.
"We were taxiing along the runway and all of a sudden the plane slewed to the left. The next thing I noticed was the engines sounded like they were working really hard," Edwards said. "Snow was being kicked up off the ground before the pilot shut the engines down. We were told the wheels had a hydraulics and brakes failure - the steering and brakes completely failed."
"When we stopped on the grass the captain told us: 'You may have noticed we're in a slightly unusual place'," Edwards continued. "It was a pretty eventful start to the day."
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