Delta plane skids off icy taxiway at Illinois airport

A plane slid off an icy taxiway at an Illinois airport while preparing to fly Saturday afternoon. (Quad City International Airport)

Credit: Quad City International Airport

Credit: Quad City International Airport

A plane slid off an icy taxiway at an Illinois airport while preparing to fly Saturday afternoon. (Quad City International Airport)

A plane slid off an icy taxiway at an Illinois airport while preparing to fly Saturday afternoon.

No one was injured when Delta Flight 4241 skidded about a foot off the taxiway around 1 p.m. at Quad City International AirportWQAD reported.

"The airport accurately reported poor conditions on the taxiways," airport officials said. "Runways remain in good condition."

The 30 passengers were taken back to the terminal. The flight was headed to Detroit."We are working to help our customers resume their travels to Detroit as quickly as possible," a spokesperson with SkyWest Airlines, which is operating as a Delta connection, told KWQC.

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