Saturday, April 13, 2013

All safe after Indonesia plane skids into sea



All 108 passengers and crew survived when a plane missed the runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali and landed in the sea.
The Lion Air Boeing 737 was coming in to land at Denpasar airport on Saturday.

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.




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