CHICAGO —
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a private jet that went off the end of the runway and through a fence after landing at Chicago Executive Airport on Wednesday.
The Gulfstream G150 departed Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport with two people on board, according to a statement from the FAA.
The aircraft was cleared to land about 12:30 p.m. on runway 34, which is about 5,000 feet long with a grooved asphalt surface. Light rain had been falling in the Chicago area and the runway was reported “100% wet,” according to air traffic control audio captured by website LiveATC.net.
The controller later radioed emergency crews they saw the plane touch down near a taxiway roughly halfway down the runway.
After the plane landed, it continued thr