An AirAsia 
airliner has overshot the runway at an airport in the Philippines 
forcing passengers to make an urgent exit on emergency slides, it has 
been claimed.
The
 incident occured at Kalibo Airport in Aklan province and involved an 
Airbus A320-216 carrying 153 passengers and crew from the Filipino 
capital Manila.
Local
 journalist Jet Damazo-Santos was on board the plane and uploaded 
photographs to Twitter showing chaotic scenes as passengers were forced 
to disembark the aircraft on emergency slides.
'Engine
 was shut immediately, we were told to leave bags, deplane asap. 
Firetruck was waiting,' she said, adding that there appeared to be no 
injuries despite the plane coming to an 'abrupt stop'.


 
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