Source: CNN
(CNN)— A Lion Air flight carrying about 100 people overshot a runway while landing at Bali International Airport on Saturday and ended up in water, officials said.
Only one person so far is confirmed as having suffered injuries, Lion Air spokesman Edward Sirait told a news conference in Jakarta.
He said 18 people had been taken to the hospital to be checked over, fewer than Indonesian officials initially indicated.
The others are still being examined by doctors, Sirait said.
The plane, a Boeing 737-800, has only been in use by Lion Air since March, he said.
Sirait said the plane is a new one and that the pilot was fit to fly. Lion Air crew can fly a maximum of eight hours per day, he said.
He said the plane had flown earlier in the day from Palu, Central Sulawesi, to Banjarmasin, Kalimantan. It then proceeded to Bandung and then Bali.
It’s not clear whether the same pilot was flying the aircraft the entire time.
Doug Sovern, of KCBS Radio in San Francisco, was at the airport when the incident happened.
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