Airbus slide closes airport

Shanghai - An Air France Airbus A340 with 191 passengers and 13 crew on board slid off the runway while taking off from Shanghai…

Shanghai - An Air France Airbus A340 with 191 passengers and 13 crew on board slid off the runway while taking off from Shanghai's Hongqiao International airport yesterday but there were no injuries, state media said.

The plane failed to turn sharply enough while taxiing onto the main runway and slid into mud at Hongqiao, one of Shanghai's two international airports, Shanghai Television said.

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