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| Bali airliner crash injures 22 as jet overshoots runway and falls in sea | Bali airliner crash injures 22 as jet overshoots runway and falls in sea |
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| A Lion Air plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali and crashed into the sea, injuring nearly two dozen people, officials said. | A Lion Air plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali and crashed into the sea, injuring nearly two dozen people, officials said. |
| An official with Bali's search and rescue agency, I Made Krisna Maharta, said all of the passengers and crew had been safely rescued and that 22 people were taken to three hospitals with various injuries. He said initial reports showed there were 101 passengers and seven crew members aboard. | An official with Bali's search and rescue agency, I Made Krisna Maharta, said all of the passengers and crew had been safely rescued and that 22 people were taken to three hospitals with various injuries. He said initial reports showed there were 101 passengers and seven crew members aboard. |
| Police and rescuers used rubber boats to evacuate passengers and crew members from the plane, which lay in the water with its fuselage cracked in two. | Police and rescuers used rubber boats to evacuate passengers and crew members from the plane, which lay in the water with its fuselage cracked in two. |
| The transport ministry's director general of aviation, Harry Bakti Gumay, said the plane overshot the runway and fell into the sea from a height of about 50 metres. The cause of Saturday's accident was unclear, and Gumay said an investigation was under way. | The transport ministry's director general of aviation, Harry Bakti Gumay, said the plane overshot the runway and fell into the sea from a height of about 50 metres. The cause of Saturday's accident was unclear, and Gumay said an investigation was under way. |
| Hospital officials and paramedics said at least seven passengers were taken to Sanglah hospital with head wounds and broken bones. Many passengers arrived there with wet clothes and bruises. | Hospital officials and paramedics said at least seven passengers were taken to Sanglah hospital with head wounds and broken bones. Many passengers arrived there with wet clothes and bruises. |
| "The aircraft was in landing position when suddenly I saw it getting closer to the sea, and finally it hit the water," Dewi, a passenger who sustained head wounds in the crash, told the Associated Press. "All of the passengers were screaming in panic in fear they would drown." | "The aircraft was in landing position when suddenly I saw it getting closer to the sea, and finally it hit the water," Dewi, a passenger who sustained head wounds in the crash, told the Associated Press. "All of the passengers were screaming in panic in fear they would drown." |
| Bali's police chief, Arif Wahyunadi, said the plane was a 180-seat Boeing 737 flying from Bandung, the capital of West Java province. | Bali's police chief, Arif Wahyunadi, said the plane was a 180-seat Boeing 737 flying from Bandung, the capital of West Java province. |
| Lion Air is a rapidly expanding low-cost carrier with a market share of about 45% in Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago where economic growth and air travel are booming and airline safety is a long-standing problem. | Lion Air is a rapidly expanding low-cost carrier with a market share of about 45% in Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago where economic growth and air travel are booming and airline safety is a long-standing problem. |
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