A passenger plane has crashed into the sea after missing the runway of a tiny Pacific island with everyone on-board surviving.
The Boeing 737-800 plane was attempting to land at Chuuk Airport on the remote island of Weno in Micronesia but ditched in a lagoon at about 9.30am local time (12.30am UK time).
All 36 passengers and 11 crew members escaped without any serious injuries, officials said.
Jimmy Emilio, general manager of Chuuk Airport, said the plane landed about 150 yards short of the runway and the cause of the crash was unclear.
We don’t really know what happened, he said. John Merelli, who works at a hotel on the island, said local people helped with the rescue effort within minutes of the crash.
Air Niugini is the national airline of Papua New Guinea.
In 2013, all 101 passengers aboard a Lion Air flight that overshot the runway at Denpasar in Indonesia and landed in shallow water were similarly rescued by boats without casualties.