Lion Air jet crashes into the sea off Bali, but all aboard survive
Lion Air Boeing breaks in two after missing runway at Denpasar airport; 45 taken to hospital
Passengers last night told of their chaos and terror as an Indonesian airliner missed the runway in Bali, landed in the sea and broke in two.
None of the more than 100 passengers on board the jet, operated by Indonesian airline Lion Air, was killed, but 45 were treated for injuries.
"The plane plunged into the sea at high speed," said passenger Ignatius Juan Sinduk, 45, who was in hospital with a chest injury. "Everybody screamed and water suddenly surged into the plane. Passengers panicked and scrambled for life jackets. Some passengers fell, some ran into others, it was chaos."
Dewi, a passenger who sustained head wounds, said: "The aircraft was in landing position when suddenly I saw it getting closer to the sea, and finally it hit the water. People on board panicked and began screaming."
The Boeing 737-800 hit the water after missing the runway at the popular resort island's Denpasar airport, despite fine weather.