Allegiant jet overshoots Loveland runway; passengers unhurt

A planeload of Northern Colorado residents coming home from Las Vegas were unhurt Sunday afternoon when an Allegiant Air flight overshot the runway at Fort Collins/Loveland Airport.

The pilot slammed on the brakes after touchdown about 1:45 p.m. but not in time to keep the MD80 aircraft on the runway. The aircraft's front wheel stopped about 10 feet off the runway, according to reports.

None of the 145 passengers or five crew members on board were hurt.

"He came in hot," Todd Bohnert of Loveland said while waiting for his baggage at the airport. "You could smell the burnt rubber."

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