AirAsia flight skids off runway in Kota Kinabalu
News update by the Star Newsdesk
Sunday, November 07, 2004
AirAsia flight skids off runway in Kota Kinabalu
KOTA KINABALU: AirAsia Flight AK106 from Kuala Lumpur skidded off the runway at about 5.10pm during bad weather. Two passengers were injured when the Boeing 737 with about 100 passengers skidded.
A three year-old boy suffered a broken arm while another, who is still unidentified, had minor injuries. The remaining passengers and crew escaped unhurt.
Medical teams at the airport screened them before they were allowed to leave the airport.
One of the passengers, who identified herself as Zilla, said she felt the plane hitting a puddle of water when landing before swerving from the runway to the grass.
She said the aircrew members than advised the 100-odd passengers to exit through the emergency chutes.
"There was panic but no pandemonium," she said when met at the airport.
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