AirAsia plane carrying 153 people overshoots runway

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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.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2891137/AirAsia-plane-carrying-153-people-overshoots-runway-Philippines-forcing-passengers-evacuate-emergency-slides.html

Tim