American flight veers off taxiway at Charlotte airport

An American Airlines flight headed from North Carolina to Paris on Wednesday evening veered off taxiway at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. No one was hurt, an American spokeswoman said.

Flight 786 was lining up on the runway preparing for takeoff when it veered off as it attempted a U-turn, airline spokeswoman Alexis Aran Coello said.

The pilot may have miscalculated, causing the mishap, Aran Coello said.

Maintenance crews came onto the tarmac to assess the situation and cleared the plane for takeoff about 30 minutes later, she said.

According to the Flight Aware flight tracking website, the Airbus 330-300 was due to arrive at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport about an hour late Thursday morning.