UPDATE: SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City International Airport has partially reopened after closing for more than three hours because of freezing rain and icy conditions that caused a Frontier airplane to slide on the runway during landing.
Airport spokeswoman Barbara Gann says one of the three runways reopened at about 12:45 p.m. on Thursday. The other two remain closed.
The Frontier Airlines plane landed safely at about 9:30 a.m. and slid on a patch of ice while turning to the taxiway. None of the 139 passengers on the flight from Denver were injured.
Five flights were cancelled and 15 other planes were forced to return to their gates after the runway was closed.
The airport is a hub for Delta Airlines. Seven other airlines also run flights there.
ORIGINAL POST: The Salt Lake City International Airport has been closed because of icy conditions after a Frontier airplane slid on the runway during landing.
Airport spokeswoman Barbara Gann says there are no reports of injuries from the Thursday morning incident.
Gann says it's unknown how long the airport will be closed. She says five flights were cancelled this morning, and 15 other planes were forced to return to their gates when the runway was closed.
It's unknown how many airlines have been affected.
The airport is a hub for Delta Airlines, and seven other airlines run flights there too.
Freezing rain has also caused dozens of accidents on roadways around Salt Lake City this morning.