All 172 passengers on board the Lion Air Boeing 737 survive after jet overshoots runway, official says.
A passenger plane with 172 people on board has overshot the runway at Indonesia’s Bali airport and gone into the sea, causing only minor injuries, a transport ministry official says.
The Lion Air Boeing 737 was coming in to land at Denpasar airport on the Indonesian resort island when it skidded off the end of the runway on Saturday.
All of the passengers and crew were evacuated from the plane and taken into the airport terminal for treatment, Arif Wahyunadi, head of the Bali police, told local TV One.
Hospital officials and paramedics said at least seven passengers were taken to Sanglah hospital with head wounds and broken bones. Many passengers arrived with wet clothes and bruises.
The cause of the accident remains unclear, but Wahyunadi said the plane originated in the city of Bandung and was landing in Bali.
Local TV showed a picture of a Boeing passenger jet intact with a slightly ruptured fuselage and passengers in the water.
Media reports said the plane was sitting in shallow waters 200-300 metres off the end of the runway.
An AFP journalist in Denpasar saw seven passengers, all of whom appeared to be Indonesian, arrive by ambulance at hospital with light wounds to their heads, arms and legs.
Source: Aljazeera
