Thiruvananthapuram : Terrified passengers jumped out of a plane in India on Monday after it skidded to a halt on landing, escaping before emergency ladders were put in place, officials said.
Seven passengers were injured in the pre-dawn incident when the Gulf Air flight from Bahrain to Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala landed badly in wet weather conditions and veered onto muddy grassland.
"The Bahrain-Kochi Airbus 320 shot 10m off the runway. Some passengers in panic jumped out of the emergency exit before the ladders were brought," ACK Nair, Kochi Airport director, told AFP.
"Because the nose of the plane was damaged, the emergency (inflatable) ladder did not work, so a rescue team started bringing ladders to the site. But before they arrived, people began to jump.
29/08/11 News24.com
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