Aircraft skids off runway in Dubai

Some 236 passengers aboard a Bangladeshi airliner miraculously escaped death when their aircraft skidded off the runway at Dubai International Airport in the early hours of Monday.Fourteen passengers were injured as the plane was quickly evacuated, according to statement by the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Bangladesh's Biman Airlines Flight 006 was taking off at 6:30 a.m. Monday en-route to Dhaka when a 'small incident' occurred that caused the takeoff to be aborted and the plane halted on the runway, stated CAA.The runway has been closed for about eight hours to allow the plane be towed away and investigations into the incident be carried out. The airport is expected to resume activities by 02:00 p.m. today. In the meantime, however, incoming flights were diverted to neighbouring airports. Source