Beijing: Over 40 people among 122 aboard the Tibet Airlines plane on Thursday injured after the plane skidded off the runway in China's Chongqing, media reports said.
"The plane, which was carrying out the TV9833 flight from Chongqing to Nyingchi, has skidded off the runway at the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport. The forward part of the fuselage has caught fire on the left side," citing the statement of the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, Sputnik reported.
"All 113 passengers and 9 crew members have been safely evacuated, 40 of them have sustained slight injuries and are hospitalised," the statement read. (UNI)