Plane veers off runway in China and catches fire; 36 injured

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese passenger jet veered off the runway during takeoff and caught fire on Thursday, sending black smoke billowing into the air and injuring more than 30 people.

The Tibet Airlines flight with 122 people on board was departing from the southwestern city of Chongqing for a flight to Nyingchi in China’s Tibet region.

Videos shared by state media showed the left side of the aircraft on fire as people who appeared to be passengers headed away from the scene. Fire trucks sprayed water on the plane. The accident happened at 8:09 a.m. (0009 GMT), Tibet Airlines said.

The Airbus A319-115 jet had 113 passengers and nine flight crew on board, all of whom were evacuated. During the evacuation, 36 people were injured with sprains or scrapes, according to the southwest regional branch of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).



In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a passenger jet that veered off a runway during take-off and caught fire is seen in the aftermath in Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwestern China's Chongqing Thursday, May 12, 2022. The Chinese passenger jet left the runway upon takeoff and caught fire in western China on Thursday morning, and several people were injured. (Liu Chan/Xinhua via AP)


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[James48]

1. Ouch!!!

Must have been a nasty stop.

Main landing gear broken off in the fore ground? Or is that a nose wheel??

And I see an engine rolled up into a ball. And the fuselage itself is broken right at the tail. Very lucky everyone survived. That’s a lot of force t break those off.

[Turbineguy]

2. That'll buff out.

They can sell the wreck to Aeroflot.