AirAsia plane overshoots runway
Crew members launched emergency slides to help passengers disembark from the Airbus A320-200 after it skidded off the runway in the resort town of Kalibo in Aklan province before nightfall, AirAsia Zest spokesman Giovanni Hontomin said. There were no reports of injuries.
Initial reports indicated that three of the plane’s tyres got stuck in the mud, said Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesman Eric Apolonio. He said the busy airport would be closed to air traffic until the stalled aircraft — which was likely to have sustained damage — was towed away from near the runway’s end.
