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Photo credit: James Carbone | The Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 that got stuck in mud after veering off a taxiway at Long Island MacArthur Airport was dug out using hand shovels, a front-end loader and an aircraft tug, an airport official said. (Dec. 27, 2012)
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The Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 that got stuck in mud after veering off a taxiway at Long Island MacArthur Airport on Thursday was dug out using hand shovels, a front-end loader and an aircraft tug, an airport official said Friday.
The plane was pulled back onto the taxiway and towed back to a gate about 6:45 p.m. Thursday, said Inez Birbiglia, a spokeswoman for the airport in Ronkonkoma.
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