At least 40 people were injured when a passenger plane skidded off the runway and caught fire during take-off at an airport in southwest China's Chongqing on Thursday. A passenger plane carrying 122 people on board China's Tibet Airlines suddenly caught fire. When the plane was taking off in the country's southwest city of Chongqing on Thursday.
According to Flight Radar24, a Tibet Airlines A319 was flying at the time. The runway was closed a minute after Flight Radar24 last tracked the plane.
The harmed were taken to the emergency clinic for treatment
As indicated by state-run Xinhua news organization, 113 travelers and nine team individuals were ready the plane headed for Tibet. Every one of the inhabitants of the airplane were cleared securely and the harmed were taken to a close by medical clinic for therapy. The state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) said the losses were not quickly known.
Video footage posted by China Central Television (CCTV) showed flames and black smoke billowing from the fuselage of a Tibet Airlines plane at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported. People can be seen fleeing the plane after escaping through an evacuation slide at the back door.
