13 Apr 2010

20 injured after plane skids of runway in Indonesia

5:10 pm on 13 April 2010

Twenty people have been injured after a passenger jet skidded off the runway into a shallow river while landing in Indonesia.

Officials say the Merpati Airline Boeing 737 carrying 109 people broke into pieces as it bounced off the tarmac at the airport in Manokwari in West Papua.

They say it was foggy and raining heavily at the time.

Hospital staff say the injured have shattered limbs and head injuries.