A aircraft of Tibet Airways taxis on a runway on January 9, 2020 in Lhasa, Tibet.
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China’s Tibet Airways stated all passengers and crew had been evacuated from an Airbus A319 aircraft that caught fireplace after an aborted takeoff within the southwestern metropolis of Chongqing on Thursday.
There have been no deaths and solely minor accidents among the many 113 passengers and 9 crew members on board, the airline stated in an announcement.
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) stated 36 folks suffered bruises and sprains through the evacuation of flight TV9833 and have been despatched to native hospitals for examination.
The pilots had interrupted the takeoff in step with procedures after experiencing an abnormality, CAAC stated in an announcement, resulting in an engine scrape and fireplace after the aircraft veered off the runway.
Emergency plans have been activated and investigators rushed to the scene, the aviation regulator added.
The incident got here lower than two months after the lethal crash of a China Japanese Airways aircraft led CAAC to launch a security drive.
Unverified video on social media confirmed a Tibet Airways aircraft, a subsidiary of Air China, with heavy smoke and flames pouring from the left facet of the plane as passengers and crew walked away.
Chongqing Jiangbei Worldwide Airport stated the plane caught fireplace at 8:09 a.m. native time (0009 GMT).
Evacuation slides, which might typically trigger minor accidents, have been deployed, based on unverified pictures on social media.
The aircraft concerned is a nine-year-old A319, one of many smallest variations of the A320 household. It’s powered by CFM56 engines from CFM Worldwide, a three way partnership between Common Electrical and Safran, based on Airfleets.internet.
Airbus stated it was conscious of media stories in regards to the incident and was making all efforts to evaluate the state of affairs.
Tibet Airways is a regional airline primarily based in Lhasa. It has a fleet of 39 planes, together with 28 A319s, based on Airfleets.internet.
On March 21, a China Japanese Airways Boeing 737-800 with 132 folks on board crashed in mountains in southern China, killing everybody on board. Thus far there have been few clues about the reason for the accident.
