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Thursday, July 13, 2000, updated at 08:49(GMT+8)
World  

Two Dozen Injured in Emergency Landing at Vienna's Schwechat airport

An Airbus 310 with about 150 people aboard ran out of fuel Wednesday and made an emergency landing at Vienna's Schwechat airport, slightly injuring 26 people, Austrian media reported. The plane ''glided'' toward the rough landing with the engines turned off, but that the force of impact ripped off an engine and one wing. After touching down just short of the runway, passengers were evacuated by slipping down emergency slides. Before the emergency landing, the pilot reported that the plane's engines had stopped functioning, said a spokesman. Though the cause of the accident was still unclear, the fuel troubles apparently stemmed from some sort of technical defect.






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An Airbus 310 with about 150 people aboard ran out of fuel Wednesday and made an emergency landing at Vienna's Schwechat airport, slightly injuring 26 people, Austrian media reported. The plane ''glided'' toward the rough landing with the engines turned off, but that the force of impact ripped off an engine and one wing. After touching down just short of the runway, passengers were evacuated by slipping down emergency slides. Before the emergency landing, the pilot reported that the plane's engines had stopped functioning, said a spokesman. Though the cause of the accident was still unclear, the fuel troubles apparently stemmed from some sort of technical defect.

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