Denpasar (Antara Bali) - After failing to land at the Ngurah Rai international airport in Bali on Saturday, the ill-fated Boeing 737-800 MG Lion Air aircraft`s fuselage was broken.
No casualties were reported from the incident that occurred at 15.35 local time (GMT+8). The plane was carrying 101 passengers and seven crews from Bandung, West Java, when it had the accident. All of the injured passengers have been taken to Kasih Ibu hospital in the Kedonganan district.
All of the passengers survived but suffered minor injuries.
A quarter part of the plane was submerged in the sea water. Bali Police officers helped evacuate the passengers along with medics from state-run airport operator Angkasa Pura.
According to the plane`s manifest from the Hussein Sastranegara Airport, Bandung, the ill-fated plane was carrying 95 adult passengers, five children, one baby, and seven crew members. (*/ADT)
