Not fewer than 12 people were injured Tuesday when a Jet Airways flight veered off the runway as it was attempting to take off from Goa in India, the airline said.
The flight from Goa’s Dabolim Airport to Mumbai had 154 passengers and seven crew members on board.
The Boeing 737 careered across a field before spinning into a ditch on the side of a service road at the terminal just before day-break.
Seven injured passengers had already been released, while the others were still being treated for minor injuries, a statement from the company said.
The runway was closed for a few hours and was operational by the afternoon.
Jet said in a statement that: ‘The flight 9W 2374 from Goa-Mumbai skidded off the runway at Dabolim airport this morning due to a technical glitch while aligning for take-off”.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau said it was looking into the incident