A corporate jet skidded off a wet runway and into a creek at Sugar Land Regional Airport in Texas Friday,Houston-area mediareported. Two pilots on board were uninjured, and the Embraer Phenom ended up tail-first in Oyster Creek.After touchdown, the pilot tried to make a U-turn to avoid going off the end of the runway, said Patricia Pollicoff, a spokeswoman for the city of Sugar Land, which owns the airport. The FAA and NTSB are investigating. Meanwhile, area pilots speculated in the KHOU 11 News report that the wet runway and a tailwind were factors in the overrun.
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