OSAKA, July 21 (Xinhua)
-- Three people were injured after a small plane overran the runway at a
local airport in the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo on Sunday
afternoon, according to the country's public broadcaster NHK.
The
accident happened at Tajima Airport at around 1 p.m. local time when
the aircraft shot out of the end of the runway and fell down a slope
adjacent to the airport site, the report said.
The report cited
local rescue officials as saying that three people in their 60s and 70s
aboard the plane were injured and admitted to hospital.
The airport has been closed after the accident.
Source: http://www.shanghaidaily.com