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Hard landing at McCarran International Airport shuts down runway

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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A runway at McCarran International Airport will be shut down for a few hours after a FedEx cargo plane made a hard landing this afternoon.

A spokesperson for the airport says the landing gear did not deploy.

There were two people on board and both are OK.

Crews are working on removing the plane now. Federal investigators will look into what happened.

This is not impacting airport operations at this time.