ALERT 2 planes skid off icy airport runway in western China
Two passenger planes skidded off an icy runway just before take-off at Urumqi Diwobao International Airport in Urumqi, Xinjiang. The first incident occurred at 9.33am, when Shanghai Airlines’ flight FM9220 bound for Shanghai veered off the runway while making a turn. About forty minutes later, Shenzhen Airlines’ flight ZH9240 bound for Shenzhen slid off the…