Plane skids off runway leaving 15 people injured

Injured plane passengers were carried away on stretchers after an aircraft skidded off a runway in the early hours of this morning.

A total of 15 people were injured in the dramatic incident at Goa airport in western India, but none of the injuries sustained are life-threatening.

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Pictures from the scene show people lying on the runway after the flight to Mumbai came to a sudden stop.

The airport is run by the Indian Navy, and spokesman D.K Sharma said: ‘There are minor injuries, bruises or fractures to 15 passengers. Everyone else was taken out safely.’

At this stage it is unclear what caused the Jet Airways plane, which was carrying 161 passengers and crew, to veer off the runway.

This handout photograph taken and received on December 27, 2016 from the Indian Ministry of Defence shows a damaged Jet Airways Boeing 737 after it skidded off the runway following an aborted take-off at the Goa Airport in Dabolim, India's western resort state of Goa.     An Indian plane carrying 161 passengers and crew skidded off the runway at Goa airport early on December 27, injuring 15 people. The Indian Navy, which runs the airport in western India, said it was not yet clear what caused the Jet Airways plane to veer off the runway.

This handout photograph taken and received on December 27, 2016 from the Indian Ministry of Defence shows rescue and Indian Navy personnel moving an injured passenger away from a damaged Jet Airways Boeing 737 after it skidded off the runway following an aborted take-off at the Goa Airport in Dabolim, India's western resort state of Goa.     

An Indian plane carrying 161 passengers and crew skidded off the runway at Goa airport early on December 27, injuring 15 people. The Indian Navy, which runs the airport in western India, said it was not yet clear what caused the Jet Airways plane to veer off the runway.

This handout photograph taken and received on December 27, 2016 from the Indian Ministry of Defence shows rescued passengers evacuated from a damaged Jet Airways Boeing 737 after the aircraft skidded off the runway following an aborted take-off at the Goa Airport in Dabolim, India's western resort state of Goa.     An Indian plane carrying 161 passengers and crew skidded off the runway at Goa airport early on December 27, injuring 15 people. The Indian Navy, which runs the airport in western India, said it was not yet clear what caused the Jet Airways plane to veer off the runway

A Jet Airways aircraft is seen after it skidded off the runway before takeoff at an airport in Goa, India December 27, 2016. Indian Navy/Indian Ministry of Defence/Handout via 

Tourists flock to Goa at this time of year for its beaches, and it is thought that many passengers on board were heading home to Mumbai.