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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