Tibet Airlines plane skids off runway and catches fire at China airport | VIDEO

A Tibet Airlines plane caught fire on Thursday morning at the Chongqing airport (southwest of China) after going off the runway, state media said, reporting injured passengers.

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“A plane from Chongqing to Lhasa at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport skidded off the runway, causing an aircraft fire”said the state television channel CCTV.

#BREAKING A #Tibet Airlines flights from #Chongqing to #Lhasa ran off the runway, spitting fire and spewing black smoke at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport. pic.twitter.com/zEScEdMWzq

— Ifeng News (@IFENG__official) May 12, 2022

All 113 passengers and nine crew members were evacuated, the airline said in a post on the Weibo social media platform.

Tibet Airlines’ Airbus A319 that was preparing to depart Thursday morning from Chongqing Municipality to Nyingchi in China caught fire during takeoff. Details are still unknown. The airport remains closed. pic.twitter.com/hfT1N2nPRA

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Source: Elcomercio

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