Washington (CNN) — The first officer of a United Express flight that ran off the end of a wet runway in Roanoke, Virginia last month tried to get the captain to abort the landing twice, investigators say.

The new findings are part of a preliminary report on the September 24 incident, just published by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Embraer 145 jet, operated by regional carrier CommuteAir, came to a sudden stop when it rolled beyond the runway edge and into a bed of compressible materials, an emergency stopping safety system known as EMAS. None of the 53 people on board were hurt.

Flight 4339 was too high when it approached Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport’s runway 34 in a rainstorm, which the first officer noted to the captain, the report says.

“After crossing the ru

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