Beijing: of China Tibet Airlines Said that all passengers and crew members were evacuated from an Airbus A319 plane that caught fire after an aborted takeoff in the southwestern city. chongqing on Thursday.
The airline said in a statement that 113 passengers and nine crew members had no deaths and only minor injuries.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said 36 people suffered injuries and sprains during the evacuation of Flight TV9833 and were sent to local hospitals for examination.
The takeoff was aborted in accordance with procedures after pilots experienced an abnormality that caused engine fire and a fire after the aircraft took off from the runway, CAAC said in a statement.
The aviation regulator said emergency plans were activated and investigators rushed to the scene.
The incident came less than two months after the fatal crash of a China Eastern Airlines plane when the CAAC launched a field-wide inspection to rule out potential safety lapses.
Unverified videos on social media showed a Tibet Airlines plane, a subsidiary of Air China, leaving passengers and crew with heavy smoke and flames from the left side of the plane.
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport The plane caught fire at 8:09 a.m. local time (0009 GMT)
According to unverified photos on social media, evacuation slides, which can often cause minor injuries, were posted.
The aircraft involved is the nine-year-old A319, one of the smallest versions of the A320 family. According to Airfleets.net, it is powered by the CFM56 engine from CFM International, a joint venture between General Electric and Safran.
Airbus said it was aware of media reports about the incident and was making all efforts to assess the situation.
Tibet Airlines is a regional airline based in Lhasa. According to Airfleets.net, it has a fleet of 39 aircraft, including 28 A319s.
On March 21, a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 carrying 132 people crashed in the mountains of southern China, killing all aboard. So far some clues have been received about the cause of the accident.
The tragedy shook a country that had one of the best airline safety records in the world and whose aviation industry in the past decade, before COVID, was one of the world’s fastest growing markets by passenger traffic.
The airline said in a statement that 113 passengers and nine crew members had no deaths and only minor injuries.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said 36 people suffered injuries and sprains during the evacuation of Flight TV9833 and were sent to local hospitals for examination.
The takeoff was aborted in accordance with procedures after pilots experienced an abnormality that caused engine fire and a fire after the aircraft took off from the runway, CAAC said in a statement.
The aviation regulator said emergency plans were activated and investigators rushed to the scene.
The incident came less than two months after the fatal crash of a China Eastern Airlines plane when the CAAC launched a field-wide inspection to rule out potential safety lapses.
Unverified videos on social media showed a Tibet Airlines plane, a subsidiary of Air China, leaving passengers and crew with heavy smoke and flames from the left side of the plane.
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport The plane caught fire at 8:09 a.m. local time (0009 GMT)
According to unverified photos on social media, evacuation slides, which can often cause minor injuries, were posted.
The aircraft involved is the nine-year-old A319, one of the smallest versions of the A320 family. According to Airfleets.net, it is powered by the CFM56 engine from CFM International, a joint venture between General Electric and Safran.
Airbus said it was aware of media reports about the incident and was making all efforts to assess the situation.
Tibet Airlines is a regional airline based in Lhasa. According to Airfleets.net, it has a fleet of 39 aircraft, including 28 A319s.
On March 21, a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 carrying 132 people crashed in the mountains of southern China, killing all aboard. So far some clues have been received about the cause of the accident.
The tragedy shook a country that had one of the best airline safety records in the world and whose aviation industry in the past decade, before COVID, was one of the world’s fastest growing markets by passenger traffic.