Images shared by Chinese state media showed flames engulfing the wing of the stiffen jet as terrified passengers ran from the scene.
The flight, carrying 113 passengers and nine crew, was headed from the southwestern city of Chongqing to Tibet’s Nyingchi when crew noticed “abnormalities” and “suspended take off”, causing the jet to overrun the runway and catch fire, the company said in a statement
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A Tibet Airlines plane headed from the southwestern city of Chongqing to Tibet’s Nyingchi caught fire after veering off the runway at a Chinese airport on Thursday. All passengers and crew were safely evacuated, the airline said.
The plane, carrying 113 passengers, veered off the runway and caught fire after crew noticed “abnormalities” and “suspended take off”.
Images shared by Chinese state media showed flames engulfing the wing of the stiffen jet as terrified passengers ran from the scene.
“All passengers and crew have been safely evacuated,” Tibet Airlines said in a statement, adding that the injured passengers “were all only lightly injured, and have been sent to hospital for treatment.”
The incident comes after a China Eastern flight traveling from Kunming to Guangzhou plunged from 29,000 feet into a mountainside in March, killing all 132 people aboard and making it China’s deadliest crash in around 30 years.
No reason for that crash has been given for the disaster yet.
Two “black boxes” were recovered and are still being analyzed in the US in the hopes of unlocking the mystery behind the China Eastern jet’s rapid descent.
Investigations found the flight and cabin crews’ qualifications “meet requirements”, and the same was said of maintenance staff.
(With inputs from AFP)
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