NEW YORK (Reuters) - A plane carrying U.S. Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence skidded off the runway after landing in the rain at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, halting flights for at least an hour, officials said.

No one was injured in the incident which occurred less than two weeks before the U.S. presidential election, crucial campaign days for Pence and running mate Donald Trump.

Pence pledged to hit the campaign trail again on Friday.

“So thankful everyone on our plane is safe,” the Indiana governor said on Twitter after the incident. “Grateful for our first responders & the concern & prayers of so many.”

The Boeing 737 was coming in for a landing and went off the runway at about 7:40 p.m. local time (2340 GMT). The plane was stopped by a crushable type of concrete runway that arrested the aircraft’s movement, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters said.

The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board said they will investigate the cause of the incident.

Trump called his running mate before a rally in Geneva, Ohio.

“I just spoke to Mike Pence and he’s fine,” Trump told the crowd at the rally. “The plane skidded off the runway and was pretty close to grave, grave danger.”

Men inspect a campaign plane that had been carrying U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence after it skidded off the runway while landing in the rain at LaGuardia Airport in New York, U.S.,October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Trump and Pence have slipped in the polls in recent weeks, in part due to negative public reaction to the release of a decade-old video in which Trump made lewd comments about women and said he could grab them by their genitals because he was a celebrity.

Since then, numerous women have come forward to say that they were groped by Trump, claims that he has denied.

On Thursday, Pence had been scheduled to attend a fundraiser at Trump Tower in Manhattan, but was not able to make the event after his plane slid off the runway, a campaign aide said.

Pence will resume his normal schedule Friday using a different plane, the aide said.

Live television footage showed Pence standing in the rain near the plane among emergency vehicles, talking to police and other officials.

Trump’s opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, on Twitter said she was glad Pence and the rest of the passengers and crew were safe.

There were about 30 people onboard the plane, including Pence’s wife, Karen, and daughter Charlotte, MSNBC said.

The plane was coming from Fort Dodge, Iowa, where Pence had participated in a campaign event.

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The takeoff from Iowa was delayed for about two hours because of bad weather in New York. Pence had earlier posted on Twitter a picture of himself playing football in the bright sun on grass near his plane in Iowa, citing the delay in leaving for New York.

In 2015 a Delta Air Lines Inc jet landing during a snowstorm at LaGuardia Airport slid off the runway and struck a fence before coming to rest on a snow-covered embankment just feet from the frigid waters of Flushing Bay.</s>Story highlights There were no reported injuries

Trump called Pence shortly after the incident

(CNN) Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence said Friday he is "fine" following his plane skidding off the runway at LaGuardia Airport on Thursday night, adding there were about "10 seconds of uncertainty."

"We're fine," the Indiana governor told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" during a phone interview. "It was about 10 seconds of uncertainty last night, but we're just so grateful to the pilots and to the first responders on the scene and (that) everybody came off the plane safely."

None of the 48 people on board were injured in the rough landing.

Pence said he felt plane fishtail after it landed during a rainy evening in New York, but added that he kept a saying from his son, who is a Marine Corps aviator, in his mind following the incident: "Every landing you walk away from is a successful landing."

The press pool in the back of the aircraft, a Boeing 737-700 chartered from Eastern Airlines that was painted with the campaign's logo, could also feel the plane fishtailing as it touched down and slid off the runway before coming to a very sharp halt in the grass off the side of the runway.

Emergency crews are working to remove the plane Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence was riding in as it skidded off the runway Thursday night at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

Read More</s>A charter aircraft carrying Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence slid off the runway Thursday night while landing at LaGuardia Airport in the New York City borough of Queens, prompting a temporary closure of the entire airport.

About an hour and a half after the incident, one of LaGuardia's two runways reopened for arriving and departing flights. The Federal Aviation Administration said the airport's other runway will remain closed indefinitely pending clearing of the aircraft.

According to the FAA, there were no injuries among the 48 people -- 37 passengers and 11 crew -- on board the Boeing 737, which was arriving from Fort Dodge, Iowa.

(ABC News) Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence was on a plane that skidded off the runway at LaGuardia airport in New York, Oct. 27, 2016.

Pence tweeted, "So thankful everyone on our plane is safe. Grateful for our first responders & the concern & prayers of so many. Back on the trail tomorrow!"

So thankful everyone on our plane is safe. Grateful for our first responders & the concern & prayers of so many. Back on the trail tomorrow! — Mike Pence (@mike_pence) October 28, 2016

According to an ABC News reporter on the aircraft, the GOP vice-presidential candidate came back to check on everyone on the plane and said there was mud on the windows and the plane had skid onto the grass.

The plane made a rough impact when it landed, according to The Associated Press, which also reported that the pilot slammed on the brakes and passengers could smell burning rubber.

After the incident, which happened at 7:41 p.m., Pence headed to a New York City hotel.

Pence arrives at NYC hotel pic.twitter.com/YnNaksh99G — Ines de La Cuetara (@InesdLC) October 28, 2016

(ABC News) Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence was on a plane that skidded off the runway at LaGuardia airport in New York, Oct. 27, 2016.

"Governor Pence and everyone on board the plane is fine," said a Pence spokesperson. "Thankfully some great work by the Port Authority and all the airport authorities, the dedicated flight attendants, there were no injuries. The governor is obviously heading to end the evening and he'll be back out on the campaign trail tomorrow."

Passengers, including Pence, were evacuated through the back of the plane.

The FAA said the plane was resting against the perimeter fence after it skid of the runway. The FDNY responded to the scene.

Two officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey -- which manages LaGuardia -- told ABC News that the aircraft was stopped from going onto the adjacent highway by the crushed concrete "arrestor bed" at the end of the runway. The arrestor bed is designed to do precisely what it did.

(ABC News) Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence was on a plane that skidded off the runway at LaGuardia airport in New York, Oct. 27, 2016.

A senior federal official told ABC News that nothing unusual had been reported to the air traffic control tower regarding the flight or the aircraft prior to tonight’s incident with the plane.

The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team to investigate the incident.

Tarmac damage after Pence plane skids off runway at LGA pic.twitter.com/SSGp7Ir9lv — Ines de La Cuetara (@InesdLC) October 28, 2016

At a rally in Ohio Thursday night, Trump told supporters, "I just spoke to our future vice president and he's OK. He was in a big accident with a plane. The plane skidded off the runway and was pretty close to grave, grave danger. ... He's fine, he got out, everybody's fine, everybody's fine."

And Trump's rival, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted, "Glad to hear @mike_pence, his staff, Secret Service, and the crew are all safe. -H"

Glad to hear @mike_pence, his staff, Secret Service, and the crew are all safe. -H — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 28, 2016

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that there were 48 people on board the plane -- 37 passengers and 11 crew.

ABC News' Ines DeLaCuetara, Candace Smith, Aaron Katersky, Josh Margolin, John Santucci, Christopher Donato, Whitney Lloyd, Benjamin Stein, Darren Reynolds and Erin Dooley contributed to this report.</s>NEW YORK — An airplane carrying Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence has slid off the runway while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

Pence has told reporters he’s fine and no one on board appears injured.

The plane made a rough impact when it landed. The pilot slammed on the brakes and travelers could smell burning rubber.

Pence says mud splashed on the front windows of the cockpit.

Passengers, including Pence, are being evacuated through the back of the plane.</s>NEW YORK — Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence's campaign plane slid off a runway during a rainstorm at New York's LaGuardia Airport Thursday, tearing up two tracks of concrete before coming to rest on a patch of grass.

Pence told reporters that no one had been injured.

"We can see mud on the front windows," a calm Pence said in the press cabin about a minute after the plane came to rest. He said he felt fine.

Later, the Indiana governor tweeted: "So thankful everyone on our plane is safe. Grateful for our first responders & the concern & prayers of so many. Back on the trail tomorrow!"

In Geneva, Ohio, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump told his supporters that Pence had come "pretty close to grave, grave danger." But, he added: "I just spoke to Mike Pence and he's fine. Everybody's fine."

After a bumpy approach, the Boeing 737 Eastern Airlines charter landed roughly, making first contact with the runway concrete. The pilot slammed on the brakes and passengers could smell burning rubber.

The roughly 40 passengers and crew, including Pence, were evacuated through the back of the plane.

The Port Authority shut down the runway following the incident, but later reopened it. In a statement the agency confirmed that the plane had "overshot" the runway, there were no injuries and there was no fire.

Pence spokesman Marc Lotter said Pence spoke with Trump shortly after the landing. The vice presidential candidate also called into the $1 million fundraiser he had been expected to attend, Lotter said.

Associated Press writers Laurie Kellman in Washington and Thomas McElroy in New York contributed to this report.</s>NEW YORK | Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence’s campaign plane slid off a runway during a rainstorm at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Thursday, tearing up concrete before coming to rest on a patch of grass.

When the plane came to a stop, U.S. Secret Service agents rushed from the back of the plane to the front, where Pence was seated, to check on the candidate. He said he was fine, though, and no one had been injured.

“We can see mud on the front windows,” a calm Pence said in the press cabin about a minute after the plane came to rest.

Later, the Indiana governor tweeted: “So thankful everyone on our plane is safe. Grateful for our first responders & the concern & prayers of so many. Back on the trail tomorrow!”

Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence talks with firefighters at New York's LaGuardia Airport after his campaign plane slide off the runway while landing on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (TV Network Pool via AP) Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, second from right, talks on the tarmac at New York's LaGuardia Airport after his campaign plane slide, back left, off the runway while landing on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Will Weissert) Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence walks down the steps of his campaign plane at New York's LaGuardia Airport after it slide off the runway while landing on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (TV Network Pool via AP) Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, second from right, talks on the tarmac at New York's LaGuardia Airport after his campaign plane slide, back left, off the runway while landing on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Will Weissert) Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's campaign airplane sits partially on the tarmac and the grass after sliding off the runway while landing at LaGuardia airport, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, fourth from right, talks on the tarmac at New York's LaGuardia Airport after his campaign plane slide, back left, off the runway while landing on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Will Weissert) Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's campaign airplane sits partially on the tarmac and the grass after sliding off the runway while landing at LaGuardia airport, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

In Geneva, Ohio, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump told his supporters that Pence had come “pretty close to grave, grave danger.” But, he added: “I just spoke to Mike Pence and he’s fine. Everybody’s fine.”

Democrat Hillary Clinton tweeted: “Glad to hear @mike_pence, his staff, Secret Service, and the crew are all safe.”

The plane was coming to New York from Fort Dodge, Iowa, where it had made a hard landing but stayed on the runway earlier Thursday afternoon. After a rally in Fort Dodge, Pence’s flight to New York was delayed because of weather. The Indiana governor spent about 20 minutes tossing a football with his staff, journalists and Secret Service agents near the Iowa runway.

Upon arriving at LaGuardia, after a bumpy approach, the Boeing 737 Eastern Airlines charter landed roughly, making first contact with the runway concrete. The pilot slammed on the brakes and the plane began to slide sideways. When it stopped, passengers could smell burning rubber.

The Federal Aviation Administration said, “A crushable concrete runway safety technology called an Engineered Material Arresting System stopped the plane.” The FAA website says the material is “designed to safely stop airplanes that overshoot runways.”

The 37 passengers, including Pence, and 11 crew members were evacuated through the back of the plane.

In a series of televised interviews on Friday, Pence said he was grateful that the crushable concrete runway worked as designed and for the “quick action” by pilots and first responders.

“Just for a few seconds, you could feel us bouncing off,” he told ABC’s “Good Morning America.” ”And with mud splattered up on the windows, we figured we were off the runway.”

Pence added: “I’m just really grateful, really grateful, for some quick action, not only by the pilots, but also by first responders” who were quickly on the scene.

The Port Authority shut down the runway following the incident, but later reopened it. In a statement, the agency confirmed that the plane had “overshot” the runway and said there were no injuries and no fire.

Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye said the National Transportation Safety Board “will take control of the investigation. The aircraft will remain where it is until the NTSB releases it.”

Foye added, “Per the request of the NTSB, we are not going to speculate on the cause of the incident tonight.”

Pence spokesman Marc Lotter said Pence spoke with Trump shortly after the landing. The vice presidential candidate also called into the $1 million fundraiser at Trump Tower that he had been expected to attend, Lotter said. The campaign said it was preparing a new, similar aircraft that would be ready soon.

Associated Press writers Laurie Kellman in Washington and Thomas McElroy in New York contributed to this report.</s>Pence told reporters that no one had been injured.

Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence’s campaign plane slid off a runway during a rainstorm at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Thursday, tearing up two tracks of concrete before coming to rest on a patch of grass.

Pence told reporters that no one had been injured.

“We can see mud on the front windows,” a calm Pence said in the press cabin about a minute after the plane came to rest. He said he felt fine.

Later, the Indiana Governor tweeted- “So thankful everyone on our plane is safe. Grateful for our first responders & the concern & prayers of so many. Back on the trail tomorrow!”

In Geneva, Ohio, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump told his supporters that Pence had come “pretty close to grave, grave danger.” But, he added- “I just spoke to Mike Pence and he’s fine. Everybody’s fine.”

After a bumpy approach, the Boeing 737 Eastern Airlines charter landed roughly, making first contact with the runway concrete. The pilot slammed on the brakes and passengers could smell burning rubber.

The roughly 40 passengers and crew, including Pence, were evacuated through the back of the plane.

The Port Authority shut down the runway following the incident, but later reopened it. In a statement the agency confirmed that the plane had “overshot” the runway, there were no injuries and there was no fire.</s>NEW YORK (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence's campaign plane slid off a runway during a rainstorm at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Thursday, tearing up concrete before coming to rest on a patch of grass.

When the plane came to a stop, U.S. Secret Service agents rushed from the back of the plane to the front, where Pence was seated, to check on the candidate. He said he was fine, though, and no one had been injured.

"We can see mud on the front windows," a calm Pence said in the press cabin about a minute after the plane came to rest.

Later, the Indiana governor tweeted: "So thankful everyone on our plane is safe. Grateful for our first responders & the concern & prayers of so many. Back on the trail tomorrow!"

In Geneva, Ohio, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump told his supporters that Pence had come "pretty close to grave, grave danger." But, he added: "I just spoke to Mike Pence and he's fine. Everybody's fine."

Democrat Hillary Clinton tweeted: "Glad to hear (at)mike—pence, his staff, Secret Service, and the crew are all safe."

The plane was coming to New York from Fort Dodge, Iowa, where it had made a hard landing but stayed on the runway earlier Thursday afternoon. After a rally in Fort Dodge, Pence's flight to New York was delayed because of weather. The Indiana governor spent about 20 minutes tossing a football with his staff, journalists and Secret Service agents near the Iowa runway.

Upon arriving at LaGuardia, after a bumpy approach, the Boeing 737 Eastern Airlines charter landed roughly, making first contact with the runway concrete. The pilot slammed on the brakes and the plane began to slide sideways. When it stopped, passengers could smell burning rubber.

The Federal Aviation Administration said, "A crushable concrete runway safety technology called an Engineered Material Arresting System stopped the plane." The FAA website says the material is "designed to safely stop airplanes that overshoot runways."

The 37 passengers, including Pence, and 11 crew members were evacuated through the back of the plane.

In a series of televised interviews on Friday, Pence said he was grateful that the crushable concrete runway worked as designed and for the "quick action" by pilots and first responders.

"Just for a few seconds, you could feel us bouncing off," he told ABC's "Good Morning America." "And with mud splattered up on the windows, we figured we were off the runway."

Pence added: "I'm just really grateful, really grateful, for some quick action, not only by the pilots, but also by first responders" who were quickly on the scene.

The Port Authority shut down the runway following the incident, but later reopened it. In a statement, the agency confirmed that the plane had "overshot" the runway and said there were no injuries and no fire.

Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye said the National Transportation Safety Board "will take control of the investigation. The aircraft will remain where it is until the NTSB releases it."

Foye added, "Per the request of the NTSB, we are not going to speculate on the cause of the incident tonight."

Pence spokesman Marc Lotter said Pence spoke with Trump shortly after the landing. The vice presidential candidate also called into the $1 million fundraiser at Trump Tower that he had been expected to attend, Lotter said. The campaign said it was preparing a new, similar aircraft that would be ready soon.</s>Mike Pence, the Republican vice-presidential nominee for the US election, has emerged unscathed after his plane skidded off the runway while landing at LaGuardia airport in New York in heavy rain.

The plane carrying Donald Trump’s running mate ended up on the grass next to the runway, witnesses said after the incident shortly before 8pm on Thursday night.

Live television footage showed Pence standing in the rain near the plane among emergency vehicles, talking to police and other officials. No one was hurt.

The aircraft, which had around 30 people on board, had been delayed taking off from Fort Dodge, Iowa because bad weather was expected en route. Pence, the governor of Indiana, had been at a campaign event in the state.

Elizabeth Landers, a CNN producer, was on the plane and described the landing.

“When we landed here we had pretty hard landing and then we felt the back of the plane start to fishtail and you could just feel the plane moving in a way that was not straight on the runway like a normal landing would go.

“The plane continued to proceed down . . . then we came to a very, very sort of quick and harsh halt on the runway.

“Governor Pence and his staff are fine and there are a lot of rescue crews. Governor Pence came to the back of the plane to make sure everyone was all right.

“There is significant damage to the runway. You can see divots where the wheels of the plane had been. Everyone is fine but definitely a little rattled.”

“Judging by what I am seeing it looks like cement has been torn up by the wheels of the plane. The plane is off the runway. The plane is in the grass. One of the wheels is completely in the grass. In fact the entire plane is in the grass.”

Trump called Pence to check on him after the incident, the campaign said.

“Mr Trump did reach out to Gov Pence. He’s glad that everyone on board is safe,” Trump spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in an emailed statement.

Trump called him from his motorcade while en route to a rally in Geneva, Ohio.

Earlier in the day by photographs published by Reuters showed Trump’s plane taxiing on the runway at LaGuardia during heavy rain.</s>NEW YORK — Republican candidate Mike Pence's campaign plane slid off the runway during a rainstorm at New York's LaGuardia Airport Thursday, tearing up two tracks of concrete before coming to rest on a patch of grass.

Pence told reporters that no one had been injured.

"We can see mud on the front windows," a calm Pence said in the press cabin about a minute after the plane came to rest. He said he felt fine.

After a bumpy approach, the plane roughly landed and slammed into the ground, making first contact with the runway concrete. The pilot slammed on the brakes and passengers could smell burning rubber.

Passengers, including Pence, were evacuated through the back of the plane.

Campaign spokesman Marc Loetter told reporters that Pence had missed his fundraiser in New York City and was headed to his hotel for the night.

Associated Press writer Laurie Kellman contributed to this report from Washington.
United States Republican Party vice presidential candidate Mike Pence's campaign plane skids off the runway at LaGuardia Airport with no injuries reported. The runway is said to have sustained damage causing the closure of the airport; a planned fundraiser was also canceled.