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Private plane slides off Orlando Sanford International Airport runway

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Published  January 27, 2026 11:42am EST
Seminole County News
FOX 35 Orlando

The Brief

    • A private plane departing from Orlando Sanford International Airport slid off the runway. 
    • Two people on board the plane were not injured, an airport spokesperson said. 
    • The plane came to rest in the grass. 

SANFORD, Fla. - A private plane leaving Orlando Sanford International Airport slid off the runway, Tuesday morning. 

Signage at the entrance to Orlando Sanford International Airport off of East Lake Mary Blvd., Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The airport has filed a federal lawsuit after the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office denied it an official trademark for its name.

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What we know:

A Piper Seminole aircraft traveling out of Orlando Sanford International Airport around 7:20 a.m. on Jan. 27 experienced a "runway excursion" while preparing for departure, a spokesperson for the airport told FOX 35. 

The plane safely came to rest in the grass near Runway 27 center and both people on board were not injured, the spokesperson said. 

Maintenance crews replaced a tire and towed and parked the plane, the airport said. 

The Source: Information in this story was gathered from a spokesperson for Orlando Sanford International Airport. 

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