Plane skids off Indonesian runway, three injured and airport closed


  • World
  • Monday, 03 Aug 2015

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Citilink plane skidded off a runway in western Indonesia on Sunday, injuring three people and forcing the airport to shut down, according to a transportation ministry official and local media.

The Airbus A320 plane was carrying 174 passengers en route from Jakarta to Padang when it bounced off the runway upon landing, transportation ministry spokesman Julius Barata told Reuters.

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