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Hasty taxi for take-off led Air Berlin 737 to exit runway

09:51 GMT 21 May 2012

Excessive taxiing speed and disregard for standard procedures caused an Air Berlin Boeing 737-800 to slide off the runway during line-up in snowy cond...

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