A total of 176 people have died and more than 80 been injured while flying on China Southern Airlines in the past eight years.
The latest incident joins a long list of mishaps, including hijackings, for the airline.
In August this year, a Boeing 737 from the mainland's largest carrier overshot the runway at Shantou in Guangdong province. No one was killed and there were no injuries.
This followed an incident in June in Zhangjiang City, Guangdong, when parts of a Boeing 737 broke off after it overshot the runway in bad weather. Four people were injured.
China Southern was forced to pay more than 144 million yuan (HK$135 million) in compensation after 35 people died in a Boeing 737 crash in Shenzhen in May 1997.
The airline blamed 'severe weather conditions'.