Pics: Cargo plane ‘perilously’ overshoots France airport runway, ends up in lake

Montpellier Airport: Three people aboard the Boeing 737 plane were rescued unharmed, Associated Press reported.

An airport in France's southern Mediterranean coast closed indefinitely on Saturday after a cargo plane overshot its runway on landing. The plane finished nose-down in water of an adjacent lake.

Montpellier Airport: Flights to and from the airport have been cancelled.

Three people aboard the Boeing 737 plane were rescued unharmed, Associated Press reported as the airport was closed to passenger and cargo flights until the plane could be moved, authorities said.

The cargo plane left the runway and ended up with its nose and at least one engine dipping into the water. The plane had flown south from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport to Montpellier in the early hours of Saturday.

An accident investigation in underway, authorities told the Independent.