ROCK SPRINGS (WNE) — A flight into Rock Springs had an unusual — but safe — landing on Tuesday, Dec. 27. 

A Skywest commercial passenger airplane, arriving in Rock Springs from Denver at about 9:40 p.m., reportedly slid off the runway upon landing at the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport. 

Passengers were transported from the plane by Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office officers and other local emergency personnel. 

Jason Mower, public information officer for SCSO,  and Devon Brubaker, Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport director, both commended airport personnel and community emergency responders for handling the situation effectively and seeing to the safety of the plane’s passengers and crew. 

“While we never like to see incidents like this occur, we’re very grateful for all of the passengers and crew being safe,”  said Brubaker. “We’re also grateful that we were able to deplane the passengers and crew and get them to the terminal in a safe manner with no injuries.” 

Brubaker also applauded the passengers for not panicking. 

“We also want to thank the passengers that were impacted because they were more than patient and more than calm throughout the incident,” he noted. “That allowed all of our airport personnel and the emergency responders to focus on the critical task of getting those folks to the terminal in a safe manner and not having to worry about having passengers that are just not as cooperative.”

The cause and details of the incident remain under investigation by airport personnel and federal aviation authorities.