FORT LAUDERDALE, – A Venezuelan-registered Gulfstream G100 business jet ran off the end of the runway Friday afternoon at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport during a failed attempt to take off, according to The Federal Aviation Administration.
According to Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the FAA, three people were aboard the private jet, which was headed to Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela.
Ft. Lauderdale Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Stephen Gollan said firefighters responded quickly because the plane was carrying 6,800 pounds of fuel.
“There was smoke coming from the right side of the aircraft,” Gollan said. “Our firefighters immediately put foam blankets down and extinguished any possibility for fire in the area."
Gollan said the two men and a woman inside were able to step off the plane safely and were not injured
An FAA employee was there to begin the investigation, Bergen said, adding that The National Transportation Safety Board will determine the probable cause of the incident.
Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Wilson Louis contributed to this report.