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DENPASAR, BALI - A plane belonging to the Indonesian airliner Lion Air has overshot the runway and then crashlanded into the sea at the end of the runway. The accident happened around 15:00 local time today at the international airport of Bali, where the runway ends and starts almost directly at the coastline with just a few meters of space.
According to the fist information available, no casualties were reported and all 106 passengers and crew have been evacuated from the plane. A number of injured has been transported to nearby hospitals with various injuries. The plane itself has broken into two and lies in the shallow seat at the end of the runway.
During a press conference organised by Lion Air, the general director of the airline, Edwin Sirait, said that the plane that departed from the city of Bandung with flight number JT-960 was not able to complete it's landing at the airport and then crashed into the sea when it overshot the runway.

The crashlanded Lion Air plane, originating from the city of Bandung, is located in the sea at the end of the runway of the airport of Bali in Indonesia.
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