E-Paper
Passenger plane skids off in Indonesia
A passenger jet carrying about 100 people skidded off a runway and plunged into a river as it landed in heavy rain in Indonesia on Tuesday, injuring at least 20 people, officials said.
Updated on: Apr 13, 2010, 11:06:25 IST
Share via
Copy link
A passenger jet carrying about 100 people skidded off a runway and plunged into a river as it landed in heavy rain in Indonesia on Tuesday, injuring at least 20 people, officials said.
The Merpati airline Boeing 737 broke into pieces as it bounced off the tarmac at Rendani domestic airport in Manokwari, West Papua, director general of civil aviation Herry Bhakti Singayuda told AFP.
Get the latest headlines from US news and global updates from Pakistan, Nepal, UK, Bangladesh, Russia and US Iran war Live, get all the latest headlines in one place on Hindustan Times.
