Plane skids off runway at Nashville airport leaving three injured

A plane skidded off a runway at Nashville International Airport with 138 on board on Tuesday evening. The Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 was approaching the arrival gate when it rolled off the runway and into a ditch at around 5:30pm. The Nashville Fire Department said three people were transported to the nearby Summit Hospital, but all injuries were thought to be minor, reports WSMV. 

Reginald Smith Jr., who was on the plane coming in from Houston, described it as "terrifying".

"We landed, we were coasting and then we were bouncing up and down and the next thing you know... it felt as if we were about to topple over as we were going into the ditch," he told the Tennessean.

Southwest Airlines said in a statement: "The 133 passengers and five Crew members were safely transported into the airport, and we are currently working to support their needs.

"The Safety of our Customers and Employees remains our primary focus. As a note, this was not a crash landing."

Officials are yet to comment on the cause of the inciden