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No one injured as Lion Air Boeing 737 skids off runway in Indonesia

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epa07212793 (FILE) - A picture made available on 18 March 2013 shows a Lion Air Boeing 737 passenger airplane on the tarmac at Soekarno Hatta international airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, 23 June 2012 (reissued 06 December 2018). Edward Sirait, CEO of Indonesian Lion Air on 06 December 2018 said the company may consider a cancellation of orders for the Boeing 737 Max plane after a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max airplane on 29 October 2018 crashed soon after take-off from Jakarta to Bali, killing all 189 people on board the plane. EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM

A Lion Air passenger plane skidded off a runway outside a city on the Indonesian island of Borneo on Saturday during heavy rain, the airline said, adding no one was injured.

The aircraft was operating a Jakarta-Pontianak service, with 182 passengers and seven crew members onboard, Lion Air spokesman Danang Mandala Prihantoro said in a statement.

The Boeing 737-800NG plane skidded off the runway as it was trying to land at Supadio International Airport, a regional hub airport that services a small number of international flights.

Local media reported the accident led to the closure of the runway. Representatives for Supadio airport as well as Indonesian air traffic control provider AirNav did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Lion Air, the market leader in Indonesia, suffered the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX jet in October. According to the Aviation Safety Network, it has had 11 safety incidents since 2002.

Prihantoro said Lion Air was working to evacuate the plane and that visibility had met landing requirements.

Via Reuters

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