Photos posted on social media show huge flames and thick smoke rising from the left side of the Airbus SE A319. Photos are also circulating of passengers running down the runway with luggage in their hands.
It is unknown what exactly went wrong at the start. The plane was destined for the Tibetan city of Nyingchi. Two months ago, a China Eastern Airlines plane crashed in southwestern Guangxi province. All 132 people on board were killed.