The Lulutai Airline's Saab 340 aircraft slid off the taxiway at the Fua'amotu Domestic Airport with a full load passengers, early this afternoon, hitting a low concrete wall, after it earlier aborted landing at the Lupepau’u Airport in Vava’u. Early reports say there were no injuries, but passengers were screaming after a landing gear collapsed. One man was carried off the plane by responding soldiers.
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Wednesday 30 April 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
News of a crash landing of a small aircraft at 'Eua airport this morning is coming out, as horrified 'Eua residents witnessed a plane land without its landing gear down. REAL Tonga has confirmed this afternoon that the seven passengers and one crew member are safe, after a "belly landing" of the B-65 Queenair. Updated 1:47pm.
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