Jet Airways plane skids off runway in Dhaka, passengers safe

Dhaka: A Delhi-bound Jet Airways aircraft carrying 139 persons skidded off a runway just before its take off from the Bangladesh capital today but no one was hurt in the accident.
The Boeing-737 aircraft of India's private Jet Airways skidded the runway by over three meters at Dhaka's Zia International Airport just ahead of its take-off.
However, all 139 persons onboard the aircraft were safe, officials said here.
Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority Chairman Air Commodore Saked Iqbal Khan Majlis said the passengers were immediately evacuated from the aircraft while an airforce contingent joined the rescue operation along with civil aviation workers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Jet airways Engineers. The incident happened at around 10.40 a m local time (10.10 am IST).
17/08/09 PTI/Economic Times

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