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AirAsia’s Airbus A320-200 overshoots runway

Updated - April 07, 2016 06:13 am IST

Published - December 30, 2014 05:47 pm IST - MANILA

An AirAsia Zest plane with 159 passengers and crew members overshot a runway in a central province after landing in windy weather from Manila, Philippine officials said.

Giovanni Hontomin, who is in charge of AirAsia Zest’s operations, said crew members activated an emergency slide to help passengers disembark safely from the Airbus A320-200 on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of injuries and the plane remained stuck on a grassy area near the runway’s end.

The incident came after the crash of an AirAsia plane that disappeared over the Java Sea on Sunday on a flight from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board. Bloated bodies and debris were seen floating in Indonesian waters on Tuesday.

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