The alarm about a potentially major plane crash came at 4 p.m. local time on Saturday afternoon. Nine rescue units were called to the scene, reports the Lapin Kansa newspaper.
According to the rescue services, a passenger plane with approximately 150 people on board, as well as a smaller plane with fewer than ten people, skidded sideways off the runway in the strong winds and into the snowbank.
The skids occurred at low speed and no one was reported to have been injured.
All air traffic to Kittilä, Rovaniemi and Ivalo in Lapland was temporarily stopped during the evening, and many tourists were stranded.
The winter storm, which in Finland has been named Hannes and measured at 25 meters per second along the west coast, has left thousands of households without power. At 10:30 p.m. local time, more than 160,000 households were without electricity, according to the Energy Industry Association. Large parts of western Finland are affected.
The number of power outages increased rapidly as the storm worsened during the evening.
At most, around 8,000 households in Åland were without power.
An inflatable sports hall has collapsed in Tampere. No one was injured as the hall was empty of people, reports Yle.
Rescue services have been busy in western and northern Finland due to fallen trees and blown-off roofs. The weather has caused traffic accidents, but no serious injuries have been reported.
There have also been strong winds in northern Norway. Trees have fallen on houses and cars, and roads have been closed, reports NTB.
