Asiana Airlines plane skids off runway in Hiroshima, injures 23

[caption id=“attachment_2197022” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] An aerial view shows an Asiana Airlines airplane which ran out of runway after landing at Hiroshima airport in Mihara, Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo April 15, 2015. Image by REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2197026” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] An investigation has been launched after the Asiana Airlines passenger jet skidded off the runway after landing at Japan’s Hiroshima airport on Tuesday, local media reported. The Airbus A320 jet was arriving from the South Korean capital of Seoul when it ran off the runway and slid onto an embankment shortly after 8pm local time. Image by REUTERS[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2197028” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A passenger (C) from an Asiana Airlines flight enters an ambulance car after the aircraft from Incheon airport ran out of runway. The Asiana Airlines aircraft from Seoul ran out of runway soon after landing at Hiroshima airport on Tuesday, about 80 people on board, including crew, 23 passengers sustained minor injuries, according to a local fire department, Kyodo news reported. Image by REUTERS.[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2197030” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] An Asiana Airlines airplane that arrived from Incheon airport, and ran out of runway soon after landing is pictured at Hiroshima airport in Mihara, Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan. An investigation has been launched after an Asiana Airlines passenger jet skidded off the runway after landing at Japan’s Hiroshima airport on Tuesday, local media reported. Image by REUTERS.[/caption]