Passengers OK After Plane Veers Off Runway at Houston Airport - kcentv.com - KCEN HD - Waco, Temple, and Killeen

(KCEN) -- More than seventy passengers are OK after their plane ran off the runway at Houston's Hobby Airport.

The plane left the tarmac and rolled onto the grass as it was turning around at about 7 a.m. today.

Passengers had to de-board that plane on the tarmac and were bussed back to the terminal from the plane.

Emergency crews towed the plane back to the gate to be checked for damage. The pilot had reported he was having communication issues and was trying to head back to the gate.

The flight was headed to Atlanta.

No one was injured.