Passengers on an Air France Boeing 747 Tuesday evening said they were a little shaken up but relieved no one was hurt after their plane skidded off the runway during a routine landing at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.

"Everybody seemed to be OK, thankfully," said Vanesca Soler, one of the 490 passengers on board. "But it was pretty scary - there was this burning smell and I was worried the plane was going to catch fire."

Soler and others on the flight from Paris said the plane landed around 5:50 p.m. local time.

As it slowed down to make a left turn in the direction of the arrivals terminal, it braked suddenly and without warning, skidding off into a grassy area. Stephanie Lepage, a spokeswoman for the airport, said there were no injuries as a result of the incident. "This was a very minor skid, so the plane didn't travel very far," she said.

Emergency crews were called to the scene right away, but did not seem to be needed.

"I didn't see any smoke or fire," passenger Philip Alvarez said. "There was just the smell of burning rubber."