Accidents
Tibet Airlines A319 Bursts into Flames after Runway Excursion
No deaths reported among the 122 passengers and crew aboard a Tibet Airlines A319 that crashed and caught fire in southwestern China Thursday.
A Tibet Airlines Airbus A319 takes off from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in 2013. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by byeangel)
A Tibet Airlines Airbus A319 takes off from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in 2013. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by byeangel)

The Chinese airline industry suffered its second hull loss in as many months on Thursday when a Tibet Airlines Airbus A319 veered off the runway at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China and caught fire, forcing an emergency evacuation. None of the 113 passengers and nine crewmembers died in the incident, although Chinese authorities said several suffered injuries during the evacuation.