Plane crashes in Bali with 108 on board

A Lion Air plane carrying 108 people has overshot the runway at Bali's international airport. Source: AAP

A LION Air plane carrying 108 people has overshot the runway at Bali's Denpasar International Airport.

The plane crashed into the water as it came in to land at the airport about 3.50pm local time (5.50pm AEST) on Saturday.

Early reports said that all passengers and crew were safe.

An Indonesian Transport Ministry official was quoted by AFP as saying that there were more than 130 people on the flight.

However, Eko Diantoro, an official from Bandung Airport said the flight manifest showed that there were 101 passengers and seven crew.

The Lion Air fight 904 was due to arrive at Denpasar at 3.40pm local time (5.40 AEST).

"Then I got information that the plane had an accident or an overshoot," Eko said.

"We don't know the cause of the accident," he said.

It is not yet known if any Australians were aboard the Lion Air plane.

It's understood that all passengers and crew had been evacuated and taken to the terminal building at Bali Ngurah Rai International Airport.

Photographs shown on Indonesian television showed the plane's fuselage had split into two parts just behind its wings, and the plane half submerged in shallow water.

The Boeing 737-800 had been flown from Bandung in West Java to Denpasar.

A spokeswoman with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra said efforts were being made to ascertain whether any Australians were on the flight.

"The Australian Consulate-General in Bali is making urgent inquiries to determine whether any Australian citizens may have been involved in air crash is Bali on Saturday afternoon," the spokeswoman said.

"At this time we are not aware that there are any Australian victims."

Lion Air commercial director Edward Sirait said some passengers had been taken to a hospital in Denpasar.

"All passengers and crew are safe, 101 passengers and seven crew. They've been taken to the nearest hospital," he said.

Mr Sirait said that the plane was new, and began operating last year.

"The plane is Boeing 737-800 NG, Next Generation. It's a new one, a 2012 product," he said.

"It actually has sophisticated technology to anticipate accident. Let's see what the data says about that accident."

Lion Air started operating in 2000 and services more than 36 destinations, mostly in Indonesia.

The airline last month agreed to buy 234 Airbus planes and announced that it planned to target new routes in Asia, as well as a venture in Australia.

Hospital officials and paramedics said at least seven passengers were taken to Sanglah Hospital with head wounds and broken bones, the Associated Press reports.

Many passengers arrived with wet clothes and bruises.

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